Exam question 4 · The garden in winter: bare trees, tracks in the snow and w…

Ascertain the appropriate method for the maintenance of an opening in the ice of a garden pond.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, maintain · To what, where: appropriate method, opening

This is exam question 4 of lesson 336 «The garden in winter: bare trees, tracks in the snow and who sleeps where» of the biology 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	4 method	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 method	amod
4	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 maintenance	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maintenance	det
7	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 method	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 opening	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 opening	det
10	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 maintenance	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 ice	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ice	det
13	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 opening	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 pond	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 pond	det
16	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pond	compound
17	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ice	nmod
18	.	.	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 appropriate method				for the maintenance of a opening in the ice of a garden pond	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition method=Theme for maintenance=Beneficiary
2	maintain			a opening in the ice of a garden pond					nom maintenance «act transitive»: of=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 right answer

The flotation of a ball upon the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flotation	det
2	flotation	flotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 ball	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ball	det
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flotation	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flotation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float			a ball				upon the water	nom flotation «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

Option 2

The pouring of boiling water onto the ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pouring	det
2	pouring	pouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	boiling	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pouring	nmod
6	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 ice	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ice	det
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pouring	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	gerund							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The application of salt to the surface of the ice

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	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 salt	case
4	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 application	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 surface	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 surface	det
7	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 application	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 ice	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ice	det
10	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply		salt					to the surface of the ice	nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent to=obl

Option 4

The repeated striking of the ice with a hammer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 striking	det
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 striking	amod
3	striking	striking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 ice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ice	det
6	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 striking	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hammer	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hammer	det
9	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	strike			the ice with a hammer					nom striking «event transitive»: of=patient

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