Exam question 1 · Moving, swimming and sport

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between muscular and adipose tissue?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 muscular	case
12	muscular	muscular	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 tissue	cc
14	adipose	adipose	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tissue	compound
15	tissue	tissue	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the relationship and adipose tissue				of the following statements; between muscular; accurately property	tree rules

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

They constitute a single tissue of variable appearance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitute	nsubj
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tissue	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tissue	amod
5	tissue	tissue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitute	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 appearance	case
7	variable	variable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 appearance	amod
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tissue	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	They	a single tissue of variable appearance					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tissue=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They are distinct tissues and neither is converted into the other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tissues	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tissues	cop
3	distinct	distinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tissues	amod
4	tissues	tissue	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 converted	cc
6	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	8 converted	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 converted	aux:pass
8	converted	convert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tissues	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 other	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 other	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 converted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	distinct tissues					tree rules
2	convert	present · passive		neither				into the other result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into other=Result

Option 3

Muscle is converted into fat upon cessation of exercise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 converted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 converted	aux:pass
3	converted	convert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 fat	case
5	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 converted	obl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 cessation	case
7	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 converted	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 exercise	case
9	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cessation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present · passive		Muscle				into fat result; upon cessation of exercise	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into fat=Result
2	cease			exercise					nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Fat is converted into muscle by repeated sit-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 converted	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 converted	aux:pass
3	converted	convert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 muscle	case
5	muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 converted	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 ups	case
7	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 ups	amod
8	sit	sit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ups	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 sit	punct
10	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 converted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present · passive	repeated sit ups	Fat				into muscle result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Patient into muscle=Result
2	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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