Exam question 3 · Bets, dares and silly reasons

Determine the correct classification of the tomato in the science of plants.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, classify · To what, where: correct classification, science, tomato

This is exam question 3 of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» of the world 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 classification	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 classification	amod
4	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 tomato	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tomato	det
7	tomato	tomato	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 classification	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 science	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 science	det
10	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 plants	case
12	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 science	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the correct classification of the tomato		the science of plants			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classification=Topic
2	classify			the tomato					nom classification «act transitive»: of=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

A leaf, being green when unripe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 leaf	det
2	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 green	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 leaf	punct
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 green	cop
5	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 unripe	advmod
7	unripe	unripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 green	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	a leaf					green property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A root, being grown in soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 root	det
2	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grown	punct
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 grown	aux:pass
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 root	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 soil	case
7	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund · passive		a root not said here		soil			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: in soil=Location

Option 3

A vegetable, being served in salads and cooked with other vegetables

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 vegetable	det
2	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 served	punct
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 served	aux:pass
5	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 vegetable	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 salads	case
7	salads	salad	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 served	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cooked	cc
9	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 served	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 vegetables	case
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 vegetables	amod
12	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cooked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	gerund · passive		a vegetable not said here				in salads	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: in salad=Attribute
2	cook	participle						with other vegetables	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient with vegetable=Instrument

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A fruit, being the seed-bearing part of the plant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fruit	det
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 part	punct
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 part	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
6	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bearing	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 seed	punct
8	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fruit	acl:relcl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 plant	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 plant	det
12	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	gerund							vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	gerund	a fruit not said here	the bearing part				of the plant	tree rules

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