Exam question 1 · Growing, skin, hair and food

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the colour of human blood within the body?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: colour

This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Growing, skin, hair and food» 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 colour	det
10	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 blood	case
12	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 blood	amod
13	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 colour	nmod
14	within	within	ADP	_	16 body	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 body	det
16	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	?	?	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 colour of human blood				of the following statements; within the body; 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

It is colourless until it comes into contact with the skin

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	3 colourless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 colourless	cop
3	colourless	colourless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 comes	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 comes	nsubj
6	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 colourless	advcl
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 contact	case
8	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comes	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 skin	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 skin	det
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contact	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					colourless property	tree rules
2	come	present	it			contact with the skin			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into contact=Initial_Location

Option 2

It is blue within the veins and becomes red only upon exposure to air

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	3 blue	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 blue	cop
3	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 veins	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 veins	det
6	veins	vein	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 blue	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 becomes	cc
8	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 blue	conj
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 exposure	amod
10	only	only	ADV	_	12 exposure	advmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 exposure	case
12	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 becomes	xcomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 air	case
14	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 exposure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					within the veins; blue property	tree rules
2	become	present		red exposure to air					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is invariably red, of a darker shade when deficient in oxygen

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 red	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 red	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 red	advmod
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shade	punct
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 shade	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shade	det
8	darker	dark	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 shade	amod
9	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 red	conj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 deficient	advmod
11	deficient	deficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shade	amod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 oxygen	case
13	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deficient	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					invariably, red property	tree rules

Option 4

It is purple throughout the circulation

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	3 purple	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 purple	cop
3	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	6 circulation	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 circulation	det
6	circulation	circulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purple	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				throughout the circulation	purple property	tree rules

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