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# Exam question 2 · Sugar, chocolate, tea and coffee: the plants behind treats

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between green and black tea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** relationship

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 347 «Sugar, chocolate, tea and coffee: the plants behind treats» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between green and black tea?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 relationship |  |  |  | of the following statements; between green tea; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Black tea is produced by burning green tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats:e2:o1:1
# text = Black tea is produced by burning green tea
1	Black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	advcl	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present · passive |  | Black tea |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund |  | green tea |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tea=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Both are derived from the same plant, black tea having been crushed and permitted to darken

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats:e2:o2:1
# text = Both are derived from the same plant, black tea having been crushed and permitted to darken
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	crushed	crush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	darken	darken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present · passive |  | Both |  | the same plant |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from plant=Material |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | black tea *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **crush** | participle · passive | black tea *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle» |
| 4 | **permit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **darken** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Green tea is obtained from the unripe berries of the tea plant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats:e2:o3:1
# text = Green tea is obtained from the unripe berries of the tea plant
1	Green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	unripe	unripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | present · passive |  | Green tea |  | the unripe berries of the tea plant |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from berry=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are derived from two unrelated species

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats:e2:o4:1
# text = They are derived from two unrelated species
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present · passive |  | They |  | two unrelated species |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from species=Material |

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