Exam question 3 · Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the annual sunflower.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, annual sunflower

This is exam question 3 of lesson 53 «Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature» 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	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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sunflower	det
11	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sunflower	amod
12	sunflower	sunflower	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the annual sunflower		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sunflower=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 · ✓ the right answer

It completes its natural life cycle within a single growing season

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 completes	nsubj
2	completes	complete	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cycle	nmod:poss
4	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cycle	amod
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cycle	compound
6	cycle	cycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completes	obj
7	within	within	ADP	_	11 season	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 season	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 season	amod
10	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 season	amod
11	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete	present	It	its natural life cycle			season		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cycle=Eventuality
2	grow	gerund							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It hibernates throughout the winter and flowers again

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 hibernates	nsubj
2	hibernates	hibernate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	5 winter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 winter	det
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hibernates	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 flowers	cc
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 winter	conj
8	again	again	ADV	_	2 hibernates	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hibernate	present	It				again; winter		vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It dies solely in consequence of excessive watering

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 dies	nsubj
2	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 dies	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dies	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 watering	case
7	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 watering	amod
8	watering	watering	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	It					in consequence of excessive watering; solely property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in consequence=Attribute

Option 4

It persists indefinitely unless damaged or neglected by its owner

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 persists	nsubj
2	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	2 persists	advmod
4	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	5 damaged	mark
5	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 persists	advcl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 neglected	cc
7	neglected	neglect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 damaged	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 owner	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 owner	nmod:poss
10	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 neglected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	persist	present	It	indefinitely property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	damage a condition, not said to happen	participle			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	neglect	participle		by its owner	vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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