Exam question 3 · The heart, blood and breathing

Identify the function of the red blood cells.

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

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 cells	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cells	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cells	amod
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cells	compound
8	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 function	nmod
9	.	.	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 function of the red blood cells					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 conveyance of oxygen

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 oxygen	case
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveyance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey			oxygen					nom conveyance «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The transmission of nerve signals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit			nerve signals					nom transmission «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The combating of germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 combating	det
2	combating	combat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 germs	case
4	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 combating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	combat	gerund						of germs	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The digestion of food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	digest			food					nom digestion «process transitive»: of=patient

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