Exam question 4 · Digestion: from mouth to intestines

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the movement of food through the alimentary canal (the food pipe, stomach and intestines).

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, move · To what, where: response, movement, alimentary canal, food

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 movement	det
13	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 food	case
15	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 movement	nmod
16	through	through	ADP	_	19 canal	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 canal	det
18	alimentary	alimentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 canal	amod
19	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
20	(	(	PUNCT	_	23 pipe	punct
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 pipe	det
22	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 pipe	compound
23	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 canal	appos
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 stomach	punct
25	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 pipe	conj
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 intestines	cc
27	intestines	intestine	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 pipe	conj
28	)	)	PUNCT	_	23 pipe	punct
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the movement of food	the alimentary canal		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus movement=Experiencer
5	move			food			nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

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

It descends by the force of gravity alone, like a stone in a well

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 descends	nsubj
2	descends	descend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 force	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 force	det
5	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 descends	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gravity	case
7	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 force	nmod
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 descends	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stone	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 stone	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stone	det
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 descends	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 well	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 well	det
15	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	descend	present	It					by the force of gravity; like a stone in a well; alone property	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is propelled by the squeezing of muscles in the walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 propelled	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 propelled	aux:pass
3	propelled	propel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 squeezing	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 squeezing	det
6	squeezing	squeezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 propelled	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 muscles	case
8	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 squeezing	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 walls	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 walls	det
11	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 propelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propel	present · passive	the squeezing of muscles	It		the walls			tree rules
2	squeeze			muscles					nom squeezing «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is carried by a current of air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 current	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 current	det
6	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 air	case
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 current	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · passive	a current of air	It					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

It is drawn along by the heart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drawn	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drawn	aux:pass
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	along	along	ADV	_	3 drawn	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 heart	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 heart	det
7	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present · passive	the heart	It				along property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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