Exam question 2 · The heart, blood and breathing

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the arteries?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: arteries

This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «The heart, blood and breathing» 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	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 arteries	det
10	arteries	artery	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	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	characteris	present		the arteries				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

They convey blood back to the heart from the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 convey	nsubj
2	convey	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convey	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	2 convey	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 heart	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 heart	det
7	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convey	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 body	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 body	det
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heart	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey back	present	They	blood	the heart from the body				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent blood=Topic to heart=Recipient

Option 2

They convey air down the windpipe to the lungs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 convey	nsubj
2	convey	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convey	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	6 windpipe	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 windpipe	det
6	windpipe	windpipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convey	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 lungs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lungs	det
9	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 convey	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	They	air	the lungs			down the windpipe	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent air=Topic to lung=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They convey blood away from the heart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 convey	nsubj
2	convey	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convey	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 convey	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 heart	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 heart	det
7	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convey	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey away	present	They	blood		the heart		away property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent blood=Theme from heart=Initial_Location

Option 4

They convey food from the mouth to the stomach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 convey	nsubj
2	convey	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convey	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 mouth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mouth	det
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convey	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 stomach	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stomach	det
9	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convey	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	They	food		the mouth		to the stomach	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme from mouth=Initial_Location to stomach=Destination

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