Exam question 1 · Insects and spiders

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the body of an insect?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: body

This is exam question 1 of lesson 72 «Insects and spiders» 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 body	det
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 insect	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 insect	det
13	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 body	nmod
14	?	?	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 body of a insect				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 consists of a thorax and an abdomen without head

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 thorax	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thorax	det
5	thorax	thorax	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 abdomen	cc
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 abdomen	det
8	abdomen	abdomen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thorax	conj
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 head	case
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of a thorax and a abdomen; without head	tree rules

Option 2

It consists of a head and a single body part

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 head	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 head	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 part	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 part	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 part	amod
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 part	compound
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 head	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of a head and a single body part	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It consists of a head, a thorax and an abdomen

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 head	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 head	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thorax	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thorax	det
8	thorax	thorax	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 head	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 abdomen	cc
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 abdomen	det
11	abdomen	abdomen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 head	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of a head and a thorax and a abdomen	tree rules

Option 4

It consists of a head, a thorax and two abdomens

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 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 head	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 head	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thorax	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thorax	det
8	thorax	thorax	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 head	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 abdomens	cc
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 abdomens	nummod
11	abdomens	abdomen	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 head	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of a head and a thorax and two abdomens	tree rules

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