Exam question 3 · Farms and where our food comes from

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the cultivation of different crops in a field in successive years.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, cultivate · To what, where: response, cultivation, different crops

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cultivation	det
13	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 crops	case
15	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 crops	amod
16	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cultivation	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 field	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 field	det
19	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 crops	nmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 years	case
21	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 years	amod
22	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 field	nmod
23	.	.	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	the cultivation of different crops in a field in successive years		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cultivation=Experiencer
5	cultivate			different crops in a field in successive years		nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient

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 exhausts the soil completely

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 exhausts	nsubj
2	exhausts	exhaust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exhausts	obj
5	completely	completely	ADV	_	2 exhausts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhaust	present	It	the soil				completely property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus soil=Experiencer

Option 2

It is prohibited in most countries

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 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 countries	case
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 countries	amod
6	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		It		most countries			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

It keeps the soil healthy

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	the soil				healthy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Theme

Option 4

It prevents bees from pollinating

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 prevents	nsubj
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prevents	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 pollinating	case
5	pollinating	pollinating	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevents	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	It		bees	pollinating			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer bee=Beneficiary from pollinating=Eventuality

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