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Exam question 3 · Plastics: useful and stubborn

It is given that a numeral is printed within a triangle of arrows upon a plastic container. Ascertain the significance of the said numeral.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, print, ascertain, say · To what, where: It, numeral, significance · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Plastics: useful and stubborn» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a numeral is printed within a triangle of arrows upon a plastic container.

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 printed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 numeral	det
6	numeral	numeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 printed	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 printed	aux:pass
8	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 triangle	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 triangle	det
11	triangle	triangle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 printed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 arrows	case
13	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 triangle	nmod
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 container	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 container	det
16	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 container	amod
17	container	container	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 triangle	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	print	present · passive		a numeral				within a triangle of arrows upon a plastic container	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the significance of the said numeral.

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 significance	det
3	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 numeral	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 numeral	det
6	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 numeral	amod
7	numeral	numeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 significance	nmod
8	.	.	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 significance of the said numeral					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic
2	say speech: assert	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It identifies the type of plastic

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 identifies	nsubj
2	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 type	det
4	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifies	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 plastic	case
6	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 type	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	present	It	the type of plastic					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent type=Theme
2	type			plastic					nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It states the capacity in litres

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 states	nsubj
2	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 capacity	det
4	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 states	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 litres	case
6	litres	litre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 capacity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	It	the capacity		litres			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent capacity=Topic

Option 3

It denotes the number of previous recyclings

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 number	det
4	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 recyclings	case
6	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 recyclings	amod
7	recyclings	recycling	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 number	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the number of previous recyclings					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot number=Topic

Option 4

It specifies the year of manufacture

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 specifies	nsubj
2	specifies	specify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 year	det
4	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 specifies	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 manufacture	case
6	manufacture	manufacture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 year	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	present	It				year		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent

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