Exam question 3 · Teeth and their care

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises enamel?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: enamel

This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Teeth and their care» 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	enamel	enamel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	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		enamel				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

It is the softest layer of the tooth

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	5 layer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 layer	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 layer	det
4	softest	soft	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 layer	amod
5	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 tooth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tooth	det
8	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 layer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the softest layer				of the tooth	tree rules

Option 2

It is a living tissue that regrows when it is chipped

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	5 tissue	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tissue	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tissue	det
4	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tissue	compound
5	tissue	tissue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 regrows	nsubj
7	regrows	regrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tissue	acl:relcl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 chipped	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 chipped	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 chipped	aux:pass
11	chipped	chip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 regrows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a living tissue	tree rules
2	regrow	present	a living tissue		tree rules
3	chip	present · passive		tissue	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

It is a substance contained in toothpaste

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	4 substance	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 substance	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 substance	det
4	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 substance	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 toothpaste	case
7	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a substance					tree rules
2	contain	participle		a substance not said here		toothpaste			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in toothpaste=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is the hardest material in the human body

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	5 material	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 material	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 material	det
4	hardest	hard	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 material	amod
5	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 body	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 body	det
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 body	amod
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 material	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the hardest material		the human body			tree rules

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