Exam question 1 · Farms and where our food comes from

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of flour?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 80 «Farms and where our food comes from» 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 origin	det
10	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 flour	case
12	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 origin	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 origin of flour				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

It is ground from wheat grains

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 ground	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ground	cop
3	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 grains	case
5	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grains	compound
6	grains	grain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ground	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	ground		wheat grains			tree rules

Option 2

It is pressed from sugar beet

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 pressed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pressed	aux:pass
3	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 beet	case
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beet	compound
6	beet	beet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	present · passive		It		sugar beet			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It is extracted from the seeds of cocoa

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 extracted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 extracted	aux:pass
3	extracted	extract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 seeds	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seeds	det
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 extracted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 cocoa	case
8	cocoa	cocoa	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seeds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extract	present · passive		It		the seeds of cocoa			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from seed=Initial_Location

Option 4

It is made from the milk of cows

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 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 milk	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 milk	det
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 cows	case
8	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 milk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		It		the milk of cows			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from milk=Material

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