Exam question 3 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning small construction pieces and young children.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, small construction pieces

This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas» 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pieces	amod
11	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pieces	compound
12	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 children	cc
14	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 children	amod
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 pieces	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	small construction pieces and young children		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus piece=Experiencer

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

They pose a choking hazard under three

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pose	nsubj
2	pose	pose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hazard	det
4	choking	choke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 hazard	amod
5	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pose	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	7 three	case
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pose	present	They	a choking hazard		three			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hazard=Attribute
2	choke	gerund							vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Only large pieces are risky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 pieces	advmod
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pieces	amod
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 risky	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 risky	cop
5	risky	risky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	large pieces					risky property	tree rules

Option 3

Small pieces are recommended for infants in order to develop their grip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pieces	amod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 recommended	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 recommended	aux:pass
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 infants	case
6	infants	infant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 recommended	obl
7	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 develop	mark
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 in	fixed
9	to	to	PART	_	10 develop	mark
10	develop	develop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 recommended	advcl
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 grip	nmod:poss
12	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 develop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	recommend	present · passive		Small pieces	for infants	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for infant=Attribute
2	develop	to-infinitive		pieces's grip		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grip=Product
3	grip		pieces = piece			nom grip «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Toddlers reliably refrain from placing any objects within their mouths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 refrain	nsubj
2	reliably	reliably	ADV	_	3 refrain	advmod
3	refrain	refrain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 placing	mark
5	placing	place	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 refrain	advcl
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 objects	det
7	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 placing	obj
8	within	within	ADP	_	10 mouths	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mouths	nmod:poss
10	mouths	mouth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 placing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refrain	present	Toddlers					reliably property	vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	place	gerund	Toddlers not said here	any objects				within Toddlers's mouths	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent object=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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