Exam question 4 · Looking after yourself and a home

Whereas a householder discovers a defect in the domestic water supply beyond his competence, determine the course of action consistent with this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: householder, you · What happens: discover, determine · To what, where: defect, domestic water supply, course

This is exam question 4 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and a home» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	4 discovers	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 householder	det
3	householder	householder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discovers	nsubj
4	discovers	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 determine	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 defect	det
6	defect	defect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discovers	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 supply	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 supply	det
9	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 supply	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 supply	compound
11	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discovers	obl
12	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	14 competence	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 competence	nmod:poss
14	competence	competence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 supply	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 discovers	punct
16	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 course	det
18	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 determine	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 action	case
20	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 course	nmod
21	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 action	amod
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 lesson	case
23	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 lesson	det
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 consistent	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	present	a householder	a defect		the domestic water supply beyond householder's competence			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defect=Topic
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the course of action					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic

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

Request that the children undertake the repair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 undertake	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 undertake	nsubj
5	undertake	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Request	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 repair	det
7	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undertake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	present	the children	Request					tree rules

Option 2

Attempt the repair regardless of the hazard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Attempt	attempt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 repair	det
3	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Attempt	obj
4	regardless	regardless	ADV	_	1 Attempt	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hazard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hazard	det
7	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regardless	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attempt	imperative	you not said here	the repair				regardless property	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent repair=Eventuality

Option 3

Leave the defect unattended indefinitely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 defect	det
3	defect	defect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unattended	nsubj
4	unattended	unattend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	ccomp
5	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	4 unattended	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	unattend	past	the defect					indefinitely property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Engage and pay a qualified tradesperson, such as a plumber

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Engage	engage	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 pay	cc
3	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Engage	conj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tradesperson	det
5	qualified	qualified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tradesperson	amod
6	tradesperson	tradesperson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pay	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 plumber	punct
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 plumber	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 plumber	det
11	plumber	plumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tradesperson	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	engage	imperative	you not said here						vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	pay	infinitive	you not said here	a qualified tradesperson and a plumber					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tradesperson=Asset

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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