Exam question 2 · Chocolate and sweets

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning fresh cocoa beans.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Chocolate and sweets» of the technology 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	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 beans	amod
11	cocoa	cocoa	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 beans	compound
12	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	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	fresh cocoa beans		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bean=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 · ← Mova's choice

They possess the taste of milk chocolate

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 possess	nsubj
2	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 taste	det
4	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possess	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 chocolate	case
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chocolate	compound
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taste	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	They	the taste of milk chocolate					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot taste=Theme
2	taste			milk chocolate					nom taste «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

They are grown principally in northern Europe

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	3 grown	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux:pass
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	principally	principally	ADV	_	3 grown	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Europe	case
6	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Europe	amod
7	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 grown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · passive		They		northern Europe		principally property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They possess a bitter taste bearing no resemblance to that of chocolate

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 possess	nsubj
2	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 taste	det
4	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 taste	amod
5	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possess	obj
6	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 taste	acl
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 resemblance	det
8	resemblance	resemblance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bearing	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 that	case
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 resemblance	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 chocolate	case
12	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 resemblance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	They	a bitter taste					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot taste=Theme
2	bear	gerund	a bitter taste not said here	no resemblance of chocolate				to that	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resemblance=Patient

Option 4

They are ordinarily consumed fresh by the purchaser, much as one eats fruit

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 consumed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consumed	aux:pass
3	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	4 consumed	advmod
4	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consumed	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 purchaser	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purchaser	det
8	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consumed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 eats	punct
10	much	much	ADV	_	13 eats	advmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 eats	mark
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 eats	nsubj
13	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consumed	parataxis
14	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive	the purchaser	They				fresh, ordinarily property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset
2	eat	present	one	fruit					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient

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