Exam question 3 · Air and why we need it

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning exhaled air.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, exhale · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Air and why we need it» 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 air	case
12	exhaled	exhale	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 air	amod
13	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 facts	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts concern exhaled air; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	exhale	participle				vn exhale-40.1.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

It contains no oxygen whatsoever

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 oxygen	det
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 contains	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	no oxygen				whatsoever property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot oxygen=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It contains less oxygen and more carbon dioxide than inhaled air, yet some oxygen remains

The tree, 15 words

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 oxygen	amod
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dioxide	cc
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 dioxide	amod
7	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dioxide	compound
8	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oxygen	conj
9	than	than	ADP	_	11 air	case
10	inhaled	inhale	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 air	amod
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dioxide	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 remains	punct
13	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	16 remains	cc
14	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	16 remains	det
15	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 remains	compound
16	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 contains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	less oxygen and more carbon dioxide than inhaled air				some oxygen remains obl	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot oxygen=Theme
2	inhale	participle							vn exhale-40.1.3-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It consists entirely of carbon dioxide, the whole of the oxygen having been consumed in the lungs

The tree, 17 words

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 consists	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 dioxide	case
5	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dioxide	compound
6	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 whole	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 whole	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dioxide	amod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 oxygen	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 oxygen	det
12	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 whole	obl
13	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 consumed	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 consumed	aux:pass
15	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 oxygen	acl:relcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 lungs	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lungs	det
18	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of carbon dioxide; entirely property	tree rules
2	consume	gerund · perfect · passive		the oxygen not said here		the lungs			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»

Option 4

It contains more oxygen than inhaled air

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 oxygen	amod
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	inhaled	inhale	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 air	amod
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	more oxygen				than inhaled air	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot oxygen=Theme
2	inhale	participle							vn exhale-40.1.3-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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