Exam question 1 · Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★

Identify the item which does not belong to the group, with the reason: bacteria, viruses, fungi, histamine.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, item · What happens: identify, not belong · To what, where: item

This is exam question 1 of lesson 77 «Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 item	det
3	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 belong	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 belong	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 belong	advmod
7	belong	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 item	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 group	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 group	det
10	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 belong	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 reason	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 reason	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 reason	det
14	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 belong	obl
15	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 bacteria	punct
16	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 reason	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 viruses	punct
18	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 bacteria	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fungi	punct
20	fungi	fungus	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 bacteria	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 histamine	punct
22	histamine	histamine	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bacteria	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the item					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent item=Theme
2	not belong	present · do-support	the item					to the group; with the reason bacteria and viruses and fungi and histamine	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

Bacteria, as they are all useful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 useful	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 useful	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 useful	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 useful	cop
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 useful	advmod
7	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Bacteria	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bacteria = bacterium	Bacteria not said here				all, useful property	tree rules

Option 2

Fungi, as they cause no illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fungi	fungus	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cause	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cause	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 cause	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cause	nsubj
5	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 illness	det
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	Fungi	no illness					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition illness=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Histamine, as it is not a germ

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Histamine	histamine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 germ	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 germ	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 germ	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 germ	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 germ	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 germ	det
8	germ	germ	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Histamine	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	Histamine	a germ					tree rules

Option 4

Viruses, as they are the largest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 largest	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 largest	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 largest	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 largest	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 largest	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 largest	det
7	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Viruses					large property	tree rules

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