Exam question 1 · Germs, hygiene and vaccines

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the majority of bacteria?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: majority

This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Germs, hygiene and vaccines» 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 majority	det
10	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 bacteria	case
12	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 majority	nmod
13	?	?	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 majority of bacteria				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 · ✓ the right answer

Most are harmless, and some are beneficial

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 harmless	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 beneficial	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 beneficial	cc
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 beneficial	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 beneficial	cop
8	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 harmless	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Most					harmless property	tree rules
2	is	present	some					beneficial property	tree rules

Option 2

All are harmful and cause disease in people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 harmful	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmful	cop
3	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cause	cc
5	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 harmful	conj
6	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cause	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	All					harmful property	tree rules
2	cause	infinitive	All not said here	disease				in people	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition disease=Patient

Option 3

All are viruses of a larger size

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 viruses	det
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 viruses	cop
3	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 size	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 size	det
6	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 size	amod
7	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 viruses	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		all viruses				of a larger size	tree rules

Option 4

None live within the human body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	6 body	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 body	det
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 body	amod
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	None					within the human body	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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