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Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions

It is given that a notice in a United States park directs visitors to a "comfort station". Ascertain the nature of the facility so designated.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: notice, you · What happens: give, direct, ascertain, designate · To what, where: It, visitors, nature, facility

This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» of the euphemisms 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 notice in a United States park directs visitors to a "comfort station".

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	_	12 directs	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 notice	det
6	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 directs	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 park	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 park	det
9	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 States	amod
10	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 park	compound
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notice	nmod
12	directs	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
13	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 directs	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	18 station	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 station	det
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 station	punct
17	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 station	compound
18	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 directs	obl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 station	punct
20	.	.	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	direct	present	a notice in a States park	visitors				to a comfort station	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent visitor=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 nature of the facility so designated.

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 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 facility	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 facility	det
6	facility	facility	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 designated	advmod
8	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 facility	acl
9	.	.	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 nature of the facility					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic
2	designate	participle		the facility not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A shelter against inclement weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shelter	det
2	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 weather	case
4	inclement	inclement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 weather	compound
5	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shelter	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A rest area furnished with seating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 area	det
2	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 area	compound
3	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 area	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 seating	case
6	seating	seating	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 furnished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	participle		a rest area not said here				with seating	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with seating=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A public lavatory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lavatory	det
2	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lavatory	amod
3	lavatory	lavatory	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A station providing first aid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 station	det
2	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	providing	provide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 station	acl
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 aid	amod
5	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 providing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	gerund	a station not said here	first aid					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition aid=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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