Exam question 2 · What really happens to things you swallow

Identify the principal reason for which a seed ingested by a person cannot germinate within the stomach.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, seed · What happens: identify, ingest, not germinate · To what, where: principal reason, seed

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «What really happens to things you swallow» of the myths 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	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 germinate	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 seed	det
8	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 germinate	nsubj
9	ingested	ingest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 seed	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 person	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ingested	obl
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 germinate	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 germinate	advmod
15	germinate	germinate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	parataxis
16	within	within	ADP	_	18 stomach	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 stomach	det
18	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 germinate	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	ingest	participle		a seed not said here	by a person	vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal
3	not germinate	can	a seed		for the principal reason; within the stomach	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

The stomach is dark, highly acidic and devoid of soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stomach	det
2	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dark	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dark	cop
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 acidic	punct
6	highly	highly	ADV	_	7 acidic	advmod
7	acidic	acidic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dark	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 devoid	cc
9	devoid	devoid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dark	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 soil	case
11	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 devoid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the stomach	dark property	tree rules
2	be		the stomach not said here	highly property	tree rules
3	be		the stomach not said here	of soil	tree rules

Option 2

Seeds germinate solely during the hours of daylight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 germinate	nsubj
2	germinate	germinate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 germinate	advmod
4	during	during	ADP	_	6 hours	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hours	det
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 germinate	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 daylight	case
8	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	germinate	present	Seeds				hour	solely property	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The stomach is excessively cold for germination

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stomach	det
2	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cold	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	cop
4	excessively	excessively	ADV	_	5 cold	advmod
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 germination	case
7	germination	germination	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the stomach					for germination; cold, excessively property	tree rules

Option 4

Seeds are rendered lifeless upon contact with saliva

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rendered	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rendered	aux:pass
3	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	lifeless	lifeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rendered	xcomp
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 contact	case
6	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rendered	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 saliva	case
8	saliva	saliva	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contact	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present · passive		Seeds				upon contact with saliva; lifeless property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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