Exam question 1 · School legends

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the composition of the core of a pencil.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, composition

This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «School legends» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 composition	det
13	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 core	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 core	det
16	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 composition	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 pencil	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 pencil	det
19	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 core	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the composition of the core of a pencil		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus composition=Experiencer

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

It consists of the metal lead, as the name says

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 lead	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lead	det
5	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lead	compound
6	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 says	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 name	det
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 consists	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of the metal lead	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the name						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It consists of finely compressed coal and soot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 coal	case
4	finely	finely	ADV	_	5 compressed	advmod
5	compressed	compress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 coal	amod
6	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 soot	cc
8	soot	soot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of compressed coal and soot	tree rules
2	compress	participle						finely property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It consists of graphite combined with clay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 graphite	case
4	graphite	graphite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
5	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 graphite	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 clay	case
7	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 combined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of graphite	tree rules
2	combine	participle		graphite not said here				with clay	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with clay=Co-Patient

Option 4

It consists of black paint dried into a rod

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 paint	case
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 paint	amod
5	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 paint	acl
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 rod	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rod	det
9	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of black paint	tree rules
2	dry	participle		black paint not said here		a rod			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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