Exam question 2 · Growing, skin, hair and food
It is given that children were administered either sugar or a sugar-free substitute, neither the children nor their parents being informed which. Select the response consistent with the findings.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, administer, inform, select · To what, where: It, children, response
This is exam question 2 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
Sentence 1: It is given that children were administered either sugar or a sugar-free substitute, neither the children nor their parents being informed which.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 administered | mark |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 administered | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 administered | aux:pass |
| 7 | administered | administer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | either | either | CCONJ | _ | 9 sugar | cc:preconj |
| 9 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 administered | obj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 substitute | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 substitute | det |
| 12 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 free | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 sugar | punct |
| 14 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 substitute | amod |
| 15 | substitute | substitute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sugar | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 informed | punct |
| 17 | neither | neither | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 24 informed | cc:preconj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 children | det |
| 19 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 informed | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 22 parents | cc |
| 21 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 parents | nmod:poss |
| 22 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 children | conj |
| 23 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 informed | aux:pass |
| 24 | informed | inform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | conj |
| 25 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 informed | ccomp |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | administer | past · passive | children | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | inform speech: other | gerund · passive | the children nor children's parents | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the findings.
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 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 findings | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 findings | det |
| 7 | findings | finding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 8 | . | . | 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 |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The parents correctly identified every child given sugar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 parents | det |
| 2 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 identified | nsubj |
| 3 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 4 identified | advmod |
| 4 | identified | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 identified | obj |
| 7 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 child | acl |
| 8 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 given | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | past | the parents | every child | correctly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent child=Theme | |||
| 2 | give | participle | every child not said here | sugar | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Theme |
Option 2
Sugar produced a marked increase in hyperactivity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 produced | nsubj |
| 2 | produced | produce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 increase | det |
| 4 | marked | mark | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 increase | amod |
| 5 | increase | increase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 produced | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 hyperactivity | case |
| 7 | hyperactivity | hyperactivity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 increase | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | produce | past | Sugar | a marked increase | hyperactivity | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent increase=Result | |||
| 2 | mark | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No difference in behaviour attributable to sugar was observed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 difference | det |
| 2 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 observed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 behaviour | case |
| 4 | behaviour | behaviour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 difference | nmod |
| 5 | attributable | attributable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 difference | amod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 sugar | mark |
| 7 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 attributable | advcl |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 observed | aux:pass |
| 9 | observed | observe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | past · passive | no difference in behaviour | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
Option 4
The sugar-free substitute produced hyperactivity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 substitute | det |
| 2 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 free | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 sugar | punct |
| 4 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 substitute | amod |
| 5 | substitute | substitute | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | produced | produce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 hyperactivity | amod |
| 7 | hyperactivity | hyperactivity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 substitute | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | produce | participle | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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