Exam question 4 · Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime

Ascertain the procedure most appropriate for joining two pieces of clay.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, join · To what, where: procedure, two pieces

This is exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime» of the arts 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 procedure	det
3	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 appropriate	advmod
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	xcomp
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 joining	mark
7	joining	join	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 appropriate	advcl
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 pieces	nummod
9	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 joining	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 clay	case
11	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pieces	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the procedure				appropriate property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic
2	join	gerund	you not said here	two pieces of clay					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient

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 pressing of one piece upon the other without preparation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pressing	det
2	pressing	press	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 piece	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 piece	nummod
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pressing	obl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 other	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 other	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 piece	nmod
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 preparation	case
10	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pressing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	gerund						of one piece upon the other; without preparation	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The drying of both pieces prior to their combination

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 drying	det
2	drying	drying	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 pieces	case
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 pieces	det
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drying	nmod
6	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 combination	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 prior	fixed
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 combination	nmod:poss
9	combination	combination	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pieces	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The scoring of both surfaces, application of slip, and pressing together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scoring	det
2	scoring	scoring	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pressing	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 surfaces	case
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 surfaces	det
5	surfaces	surface	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scoring	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 application	punct
7	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 surfaces	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 slip	case
9	slip	slip	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 application	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pressing	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pressing	cc
12	pressing	press	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	together	together	ADV	_	12 pressing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	press	gerund	the scoring of both surfaces and application of slip		together property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	score			both surfaces and application of slip		nom scoring «act transitive»: of=patient
3	apply		slip			nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The application of adhesive tape until the clay dries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 application	det
2	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dries	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 tape	case
4	adhesive	adhesive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tape	amod
5	tape	tape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 application	nmod
6	until	until	ADP	_	8 clay	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 clay	det
8	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tape	nmod
9	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	present	the application of adhesive tape until the clay						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	apply		adhesive tape until the clay						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

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