Exam question 2 · Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel

Which of the following is designated by the term pollination?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: following · What happens: follow, designate

This is exam question 2 of lesson 23 «Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 designated	csubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 designated	aux:pass
6	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 pollination	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pollination	det
9	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pollination	compound
10	pollination	pollination	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 designated	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 designated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	designate	present · passive	following					by the term pollination	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»

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 dispersal of seeds by the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dispersal	det
2	dispersal	dispersal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 seeds	case
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dispersal	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 wind	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wind	det
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dispersal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disperse		the wind	seeds					nom dispersal «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 2

The germination of a seed in the soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 germination	det
2	germination	germination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 seed	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 seed	det
5	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 germination	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 soil	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 soil	det
8	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seed	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	germinate			a seed in the soil					nom germination «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The conveyance of pollen to the pistil of a flower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conveyance	det
2	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pollen	case
4	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveyance	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 pistil	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pistil	det
7	pistil	pistil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveyance	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 flower	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 flower	det
10	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pistil	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey			pollen				to the pistil of a flower	nom conveyance «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 4

The growth of a fruit from the ovary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 growth	det
2	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fruit	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fruit	det
5	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 growth	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 ovary	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ovary	det
8	ovary	ovary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fruit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow		a fruit from the ovary						nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent

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