Exam question 3 · Flowers, pollination and how seeds travel

Identify the principal function of bright petals, scent and nectar.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 petals	case
6	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 petals	amod
7	petals	petal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 function	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 scent	punct
9	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 petals	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 nectar	cc
11	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 petals	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of bright petals and scent and nectar					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

The attraction of insects that convey pollen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 attraction	det
2	attraction	attraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 insects	case
4	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attraction	nmod
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 convey	nsubj
6	convey	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insects	acl:relcl
7	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 convey	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	insects	pollen					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pollen=Topic
2	attract			insects					nom attraction «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The manufacture of food for the plant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 manufacture	det
2	manufacture	manufacture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 food	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 manufacture	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 plant	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plant	det
7	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 manufacture	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manufacture			food				for the plant	nom manufacture «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 3

The protection of the flower from frost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protection	det
2	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 flower	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 flower	det
5	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protection	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 frost	case
7	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flower	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect			the flower from frost					nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The repulsion of grazing animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 repulsion	det
2	repulsion	repulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 animals	case
4	grazing	grazing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 animals	compound
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 repulsion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repulse			grazing animals					nom repulsion «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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