Exam question 4 · Parts of a plant and what each does

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the potato.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, potato

This is exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Parts of a plant and what each does» 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	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 potato	det
13	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
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; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the potato		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus potato=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

It is a root that absorbs water

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	4 root	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 root	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 root	det
4	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 absorbs	nsubj
6	absorbs	absorb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 root	acl:relcl
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 absorbs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a root					tree rules
2	absorb	present	a root	water					vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal water=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is an underground stem in which food is stored

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	5 stem	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stem	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stem	det
4	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stem	amod
5	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 stored	obl
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stored	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stored	aux:pass
10	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 stem	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a underground stem					tree rules
2	store	present · passive		food		a underground stem			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in which=Location

Option 3

It is a seed containing a young plant and its store of food

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	4 seed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seed	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 seed	det
4	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 seed	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 plant	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 plant	amod
8	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 containing	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 store	cc
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 store	nmod:poss
11	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seed	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 food	case
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 store	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a seed and plant's store of food					tree rules
2	contain	gerund	a seed and plant's store of food not said here	a young plant					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot plant=Theme

Option 4

It is the fruit of the potato plant

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	4 fruit	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fruit	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fruit	det
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 plant	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plant	det
7	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plant	compound
8	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fruit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the fruit				of the potato plant	tree rules

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