Exam question 2 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning dampness in a rented dwelling.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, rent · To what, where: response, dampness, rented dwelling

This is exam question 2 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	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	dampness	dampness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 dwelling	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 dwelling	det
15	rented	rent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 dwelling	amod
16	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	dampness	a rented dwelling		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dampness=Experiencer
5	rent	participle					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

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

Dampness is of no consequence to the health of occupants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dampness	dampness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 health	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 health	det
8	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 occupants	case
10	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 health	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dampness					of no consequence; to the health of occupants	tree rules

Option 2

Dampness is remedied solely by the application of paint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dampness	dampness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remedied	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 remedied	aux:pass
3	remedied	remedy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 remedied	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 application	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 application	det
7	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remedied	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 paint	case
9	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 application	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remedy	present · passive	the application of paint	Dampness				solely property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	apply		paint						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The remedy thereof is ordinarily the obligation of the landlord

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 remedy	det
2	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obligation	nsubj
3	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	2 remedy	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 obligation	cop
5	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	7 obligation	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 obligation	det
7	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 landlord	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 landlord	det
10	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obligation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the remedy	the obligation				of the landlord; ordinarily property	tree rules

Option 4

The remedy thereof is ordinarily the obligation of the tenant's children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 remedy	det
2	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obligation	nsubj
3	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	2 remedy	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 obligation	cop
5	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	7 obligation	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 obligation	det
7	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 children	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tenant	det
10	tenant	tenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 children	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 tenant	case
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 obligation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the remedy	the obligation				of the tenant's children; ordinarily property	tree rules

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