Exam question 4 · Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the manner in which toenails are properly to be cut.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 356 «Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath» 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 manner	det
11	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 cut	obl
14	toenails	toenail	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 cut	nsubj:pass
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 cut	aux:pass
16	properly	properly	ADV	_	19 cut	advmod
17	to	to	PART	_	19 cut	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 cut	aux:pass
19	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 manner	acl:relcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	the manner			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus manner=Experiencer
4	cut	present · passive	the established facts not said here	toenails	the manner	properly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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 are to be cut straight across

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	5 cut	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cut	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 cut	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cut	aux:pass
5	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 across	advmod
7	across	across	ADV	_	5 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present · passive		They				across property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2

They are to be cut in a deep curve at the corners

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	5 cut	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cut	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 cut	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cut	aux:pass
5	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 curve	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 curve	det
8	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 curve	amod
9	curve	curve	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 corners	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 corners	det
12	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present · passive		They		a deep curve		at the corners	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

They are to be cut to a sharp point

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	5 cut	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cut	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 cut	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cut	aux:pass
5	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 point	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 point	det
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 point	amod
9	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present · passive		They				to a sharp point result	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to point=Result

Option 4

They are to be cut as short as practicable

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	5 cut	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cut	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 cut	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cut	aux:pass
5	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 short	advmod
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cut	xcomp
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 practicable	case
9	practicable	practicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 short	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present · passive		They				short property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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