--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Girls' and boys' teams · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the physical capacities of boys and girls prior to puberty? Exam question 1 of lesson 69 «Girls' and boys' teams» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/69-girls-and-boys-teams/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Girls' and boys' teams](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/69-girls-and-boys-teams/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Girls' and boys' teams Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the physical capacities of boys and girls prior to puberty? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** physical capacities This is exam question 1 of lesson 69 «Girls' and boys' teams» of the medicine 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/medicine/69-girls-and-boys-teams/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the physical capacities of boys and girls prior to puberty? 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 11 det _ _ 10 physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 capacities capacity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 16 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 18 case _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 puberty puberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 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 physical capacities of boys and girls | | | | of the following statements; prior puberty; 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They diverge substantially from the age of five ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:e1:o1:1 # text = They diverge substantially from the age of five 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 diverge diverge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 substantially substantially ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **diverge** | present | They | | | | from the age of five | substantially *property* | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from age=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Girls invariably exhibit inferior strength ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:e1:o2:1 # text = Girls invariably exhibit inferior strength 1 Girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 exhibit exhibit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 inferior inferior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exhibit** | present | Girls | inferior strength | | | | invariably *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They are broadly comparable, practice being the principal determinant ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:e1:o3:1 # text = They are broadly comparable, practice being the principal determinant 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 broadly broadly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 comparable comparable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 determinant determinant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | broadly, comparable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | practice | the principal determinant | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Boys invariably exhibit superior speed ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:69-girls-and-boys-teams:e1:o4:1 # text = Boys invariably exhibit superior speed 1 Boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 exhibit exhibit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 superior superior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exhibit** | present | Boys | superior speed | | | | invariably *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speed=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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