Exam question 4 · Getting old: how long people and animals live

Ascertain the conditions principally associated with greater life expectancy within a population.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, associate · To what, where: conditions

This is exam question 4 of lesson 52 «Getting old: how long people and animals live» of the religion ethics 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conditions	det
3	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obj
4	principally	principally	ADV	_	5 associated	advmod
5	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conditions	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 expectancy	case
7	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 expectancy	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 expectancy	compound
9	expectancy	expectancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 associated	obl
10	within	within	ADP	_	12 population	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 population	det
12	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 expectancy	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conditions					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	associate	participle		the conditions not said here				with greater life expectancy within a population; principally property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with expectancy=Co-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

Clean water, adequate nutrition, medical care and peace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 nutrition	punct
4	adequate	adequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nutrition	amod
5	nutrition	nutrition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 water	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 care	punct
7	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 care	amod
8	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 water	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 peace	cc
10	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 care	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Residence in a cold climate exclusively, far from the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 climate	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 climate	det
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 climate	amod
5	climate	climate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Residence	nmod
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	8 far	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 far	punct
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Residence	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 far	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Membership of a particular sporting club

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Membership	membership	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 club	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 club	det
4	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 club	amod
5	sporting	sport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 club	amod
6	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Membership	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sport	gerund							tree rules

Option 4

The avoidance of all physical exercise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 avoidance	det
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 exercise	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 exercise	det
5	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 exercise	amod
6	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid			all physical exercise					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

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