Exam question 4 · Buildings and architecture

Ascertain the reason for which a diagonal brace is added to a square frame.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, add · To what, where: reason, diagonal brace

This is exam question 4 of lesson 34 «Buildings and architecture» 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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 added	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 brace	det
7	diagonal	diagonal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brace	amod
8	brace	brace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 added	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 added	aux:pass
10	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 frame	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 frame	det
13	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 frame	amod
14	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 added	obl
15	.	.	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 reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	add speech: assert	present · passive		a diagonal brace				for the reason; to a square frame	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to frame=Co-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

It increases the weight of the frame for purely decorative purposes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 increases	nsubj
2	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 weight	det
4	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 frame	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 frame	det
7	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weight	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 purposes	case
9	purely	purely	ADV	_	10 decorative	advmod
10	decorative	decorative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 purposes	amod
11	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 increases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	It	the weight of the frame				for decorative purposes	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer weight=Patient

Option 2

It permits the square frame to fold more readily when required

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 frame	det
4	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 frame	amod
5	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fold	mark
7	fold	fold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 frame	acl
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 readily	advmod
9	readily	readily	ADV	_	2 permits	advmod
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 required	advmod
11	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 permits	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	the square frame	readily property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frame=Theme
2	fold	to-infinitive		the square frame not said here		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	require	participle				vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It replaces the need for any foundation beneath the structure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 replaces	nsubj
2	replaces	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 need	det
4	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 replaces	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 foundation	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 foundation	det
7	foundation	foundation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 replaces	obl
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 structure	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 structure	det
10	structure	structure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 replaces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	present	It	the need				for any foundation; beneath the structure	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme need=Co-Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It forms rigid triangles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forms	nsubj
2	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rigid	rigid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 triangles	amod
4	triangles	triangle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 forms	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present	It	rigid triangles					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location triangle=Theme

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