Exam question 2 · The human life cycle and growing up

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the number of teeth of children and adults?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: number

This is exam question 2 of lesson 92 «The human life cycle and growing up» 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 number	det
10	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 teeth	case
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 number	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 children	case
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 teeth	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 adults	cc
16	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 children	conj
17	?	?	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 number of teeth of children and adults				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

Children have 10 baby teeth and adults 20 teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 teeth	nummod
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teeth	compound
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 adults	cc
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 teeth	conj
8	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 teeth	nummod
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 teeth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Children	10 baby teeth and adults and 20 teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

Option 2

Children and adults alike have 28 teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 adults	cc
3	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Children	conj
4	alike	alike	ADV	_	3 adults	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	28	28	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 teeth	nummod
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Children and adults	28 teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

Option 3

Children have 32 baby teeth and most adults 20 permanent teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	32	32	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 teeth	nummod
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teeth	compound
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 adults	cc
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 adults	amod
8	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 teeth	conj
9	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 teeth	nummod
10	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 teeth	amod
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 teeth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Children	32 baby teeth and most adults and 20 permanent teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Children have 20 baby teeth and most adults 32 permanent teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 teeth	nummod
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teeth	compound
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 adults	cc
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 adults	amod
8	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 teeth	conj
9	32	32	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 teeth	nummod
10	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 teeth	amod
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 teeth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Children	20 baby teeth and most adults and 32 permanent teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

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