Exam question 2 · Friends who cling to a legend

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the botanical classification of the tomato.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, classify · To what, where: response, botanical classification, tomato

This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» 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	14 classification	det
13	botanical	botanical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 classification	amod
14	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 tomato	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tomato	det
17	tomato	tomato	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 classification	nmod
18	.	.	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 botanical classification of the tomato		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classification=Experiencer
5	classify			the tomato		nom classification «act transitive»: of=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

It is a fruit, though commonly treated as a vegetable in cookery

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	4 fruit	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fruit	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fruit	det
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 treated	punct
6	though	though	SCONJ	_	8 treated	mark
7	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	8 treated	advmod
8	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fruit	acl
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 vegetable	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 vegetable	det
11	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 treated	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 cookery	case
13	cookery	cookery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vegetable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fruit					tree rules
2	treat	participle		a fruit not said here				as a vegetable in cookery; commonly property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as vegetable=Attribute

Option 2

It is a root, in the manner of the carrot

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	4 root	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 root	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 root	det
4	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 manner	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 manner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 root	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 carrot	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 carrot	det
11	carrot	carrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 manner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a root and the manner of the carrot					tree rules

Option 3

It is a variety of nut

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	4 variety	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 variety	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 variety	det
4	variety	variety	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 nut	case
6	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 variety	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a variety				of nut	tree rules

Option 4

It is a vegetable in every scientific sense

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	4 vegetable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 vegetable	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 vegetable	det
4	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 sense	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 sense	det
7	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sense	amod
8	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 vegetable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a vegetable		every scientific sense			tree rules

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