Exam question 3 · Digestion: from mouth to intestines
State the principal function of the large intestine.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗
This is exam question 3 of lesson 33 «Digestion: from mouth to intestines» 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 function | compound |
| 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 | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 intestine | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 intestine | det |
| 7 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 intestine | amod |
| 8 | intestine | intestine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 function | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 function | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The mixing of food with acid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mixing | det |
| 2 | mixing | mixing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 food | case |
| 4 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mixing | nmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 acid | case |
| 6 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mixing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | food | with acid | nom mixing «act transitive»: of=patient with=obl |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The recovery of water from what remains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 recovery | det |
| 2 | recovery | recovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 recovery | nmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 remains | case |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 remains | nsubj |
| 7 | remains | remains | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 2 recovery | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recover | water | remains | nom recovery «event intransitive»: of=agent from=place |
Option 3
The digestion of starch
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 starch | case |
| 4 | starch | starch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 digestion | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | digest | starch | nom digestion «process transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
The production of bile
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 production | det |
| 2 | production | production | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 bile | case |
| 4 | bile | bile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 production | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | produce | bile | nom production «act transitive»: of=patient |
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