Exam question 1 · Girls' and boys' teams

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the physical capacities of boys and girls prior to puberty?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: physical capacities

This is exam question 1 of lesson 69 «Girls' and boys' teams» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 capacities	det
10	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 capacities	amod
11	capacities	capacity	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 boys	case
13	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 capacities	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 girls	cc
15	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 capacities	conj
16	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	18 puberty	case
17	to	to	ADP	_	16 prior	fixed
18	puberty	puberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 capacities	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the physical capacities of boys and girls				of the following statements; prior puberty; accurately property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

They diverge substantially from the age of five

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 diverge	nsubj
2	diverge	diverge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	substantially	substantially	ADV	_	2 diverge	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 age	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 age	det
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 diverge	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 five	case
8	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	diverge	present	They				from the age of five	substantially property	vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from age=Co-Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Girls invariably exhibit inferior strength

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exhibit	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 exhibit	advmod
3	exhibit	exhibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	inferior	inferior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 strength	amod
5	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exhibit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhibit	present	Girls	inferior strength				invariably property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are broadly comparable, practice being the principal determinant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 comparable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 comparable	cop
3	broadly	broadly	ADV	_	4 comparable	advmod
4	comparable	comparable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 determinant	punct
6	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determinant	nsubj
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 determinant	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 determinant	det
9	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 determinant	amod
10	determinant	determinant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comparable	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					broadly, comparable property	tree rules
2	is a	gerund	practice	the principal determinant					tree rules

Option 4

Boys invariably exhibit superior speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exhibit	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 exhibit	advmod
3	exhibit	exhibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 speed	amod
5	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exhibit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhibit	present	Boys	superior speed				invariably property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speed=Theme

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