Exam question 1 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint
Identify the principal reason for which a householder is advised against undertaking electrical wiring personally.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, advise, undertake · To what, where: principal reason, householder, electrical wiring
This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint» of the adult life 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 advised | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 householder | det |
| 8 | householder | householder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 advised | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 advised | aux:pass |
| 10 | advised | advise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 11 | against | against | SCONJ | _ | 12 undertaking | mark |
| 12 | undertaking | undertake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 advised | advcl |
| 13 | electrical | electrical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 wiring | amod |
| 14 | wiring | wiring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 undertaking | obj |
| 15 | personally | personally | ADV | _ | 12 undertaking | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | advise speech: other | present · passive | a householder | for the principal reason | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | undertake | gerund | electrical wiring | personally property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wiring=Eventuality |
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
Errors in such work may occasion fire or electric shock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Errors | error | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 occasion | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 work | case |
| 3 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 work | amod |
| 4 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Errors | nmod |
| 5 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 occasion | aux |
| 6 | occasion | occasion | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 occasion | obj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 shock | cc |
| 9 | electric | electric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 shock | amod |
| 10 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fire | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | occasion | may | Errors in such work | fire or electric shock | tree rules |
Option 2
Wiring is the sole responsibility of the refuse collection service
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiring | wiring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 responsibility | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 responsibility | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 responsibility | det |
| 4 | sole | sole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 responsibility | amod |
| 5 | responsibility | responsibility | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 service | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 service | det |
| 8 | refuse | refuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 collection | compound |
| 9 | collection | collection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 service | compound |
| 10 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 responsibility | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Wiring | the sole responsibility | of the collection service | tree rules |
Option 3
Such work invariably requires a period of several months
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 work | amod |
| 2 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 requires | nsubj |
| 3 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 4 requires | advmod |
| 4 | requires | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 period | det |
| 6 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 requires | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 months | case |
| 8 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 months | amod |
| 9 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 period | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | Such work | a period of several months | invariably property | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme period=Precondition |
Option 4
Electrical components are prohibited from sale to householders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical | electrical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 components | amod |
| 2 | components | component | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 prohibited | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 4 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 sale | case |
| 6 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prohibited | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 householders | case |
| 8 | householders | householder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 prohibited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prohibit | present · passive | Electrical components | sale | to householders | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from sale=Eventuality |
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