Exam question 3 · Cleaning chemicals and safety at home

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a child-resistant closure?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: function

This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Cleaning chemicals and safety at home» of the chemistry 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 closure	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 closure	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 resistant	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 child	punct
15	resistant	resistant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 closure	amod
16	closure	closure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the function of a resistant closure				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

It preserves the contents from deterioration by light

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 preserves	nsubj
2	preserves	preserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 contents	det
4	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 preserves	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 deterioration	case
6	deterioration	deterioration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preserves	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 light	case
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preserves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	present	It	the contents				by light; from deterioration	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent contents=Beneficiary from deterioration=Theme

Option 2

It indicates that the contents are suitable for children

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 suitable	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 contents	det
5	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 suitable	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 suitable	cop
7	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 indicates	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 children	case
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 suitable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the contents					for children; suitable property	tree rules

Option 3

It renders the contents entirely inaccessible to all persons

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 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 contents	det
4	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 renders	obj
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 inaccessible	advmod
6	inaccessible	inaccessible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 persons	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 persons	det
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 inaccessible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the contents				inaccessible property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contents=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It impedes, but does not wholly prevent, access by young children

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 impedes	nsubj
2	impedes	impede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prevent	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 prevent	cc
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 prevent	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 prevent	advmod
7	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	8 prevent	advmod
8	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 impedes	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 access	punct
10	access	access	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 prevent	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 children	case
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 children	amod
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 access	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	impede	present	It		vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
2	not prevent	present · do-support		wholly property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	access	infinitive		by young children	tree rules

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