Exam question 3 · Fungi, bacteria and tiny living things

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning bacteria.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, bacteria

This is exam question 3 of lesson 77 «Fungi, bacteria and tiny living things» 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	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	bacteria		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bacterium=Experiencer

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

They are living things composed of one cell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 living	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 living	aux
3	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 living	obj
5	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 things	acl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 cell	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 cell	nummod
8	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present · progressive	They	things					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme thing=Location
2	compose	participle		things not said here				of one cell	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They are all invariably harmful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 harmful	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 harmful	cop
3	all	all	ADV	_	5 harmful	advmod
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 harmful	advmod
5	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					all, harmful, invariably property	tree rules

Option 3

They are small fungi bearing spores

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fungi	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fungi	cop
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fungi	amod
4	fungi	fungus	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fungi	acl
6	spores	spore	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	small fungi					tree rules
2	bear	gerund	small fungi not said here	spores					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spore=Patient

Option 4

They are visible to the unaided eye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 visible	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 visible	cop
3	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 eye	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eye	det
6	unaided	unaided	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 eye	amod
7	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 visible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					to the unaided eye; visible property	tree rules

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