Exam question 2 · Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the skeletal composition of the newborn infant.
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, skeletal composition
This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground» 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 composition | det |
| 13 | skeletal | skeletal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 composition | amod |
| 14 | composition | composition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concerning | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 infant | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 infant | det |
| 17 | newborn | newborn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 infant | amod |
| 18 | infant | infant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 composition | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 skeletal composition of the newborn infant | 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 comprises precisely the same number as the adult
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 comprises | nsubj |
| 2 | comprises | comprise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | precisely | precisely | ADV | _ | 2 comprises | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 number | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 number | amod |
| 6 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comprises | obj |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 adult | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 adult | det |
| 9 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comprises | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | comprise | present | It | the same number | as the adult; precisely property | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme number=Pivot |
Option 2
It comprises fewer bones than the adult
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 comprises | nsubj |
| 2 | comprises | comprise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 bones | amod |
| 4 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 comprises | obj |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 adult | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 adult | det |
| 7 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comprises | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | comprise | present | It | fewer bones | than the adult | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bone=Pivot |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It comprises more bones than the adult, certain of which subsequently fuse
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 comprises | nsubj |
| 2 | comprises | comprise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 bones | amod |
| 4 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 comprises | obj |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 adult | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 adult | det |
| 7 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comprises | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 certain | punct |
| 9 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 adult | amod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 which | case |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 certain | nmod |
| 12 | subsequently | subsequently | ADV | _ | 13 fuse | advmod |
| 13 | fuse | fuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 comprises | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | comprise | present | It | more bones | than the adult | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bone=Pivot | |||
| 2 | fuse | present | subsequently property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
It comprises no bones whatsoever
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 comprises | nsubj |
| 2 | comprises | comprise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 bones | det |
| 4 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 comprises | obj |
| 5 | whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 2 comprises | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | comprise | present | It | no bones | whatsoever property | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bone=Pivot |
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