Exam question 4 · Going up and down stairs safely

Whereas socks are worn upon smooth wooden stairs, determine which measure most effectively diminishes the risk of slipping.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: risk · What happens: wear, determine, measure, diminish, slip · To what, where: risk

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1 «Going up and down stairs safely» of the everyday 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	2 socks	case
2	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 worn	obl
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worn	aux:pass
4	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 stairs	case
6	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stairs	amod
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stairs	amod
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 worn	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 determine	punct
10	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worn	conj
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 measure	nsubj
12	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 determine	ccomp
13	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	10 determine	advmod
14	effectively	effectively	ADV	_	15 diminishes	advmod
15	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 determine	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 risk	det
17	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 diminishes	obj
18	of	of	SCONJ	_	19 slipping	mark
19	slipping	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 risk	acl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 worn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wear	present · passive			whereas socks; upon smooth wooden stairs	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»
2	determine	present				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	measure	present				vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
4	diminish	present		the risk	effectively property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer risk=Patient
5	slip	gerund	the risk not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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 removal of the socks or the wearing of shoes possessing grip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 socks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 socks	det
5	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removal	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 shoes	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shoes	det
8	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 shoes	amod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 shoes	case
10	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 socks	conj
11	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 shoes	acl
12	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 possessing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wear	gerund			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	possess	gerund	the wearing shoes not said here	grip	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot grip=Theme
3	remove			the socks or the wearing shoes	nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The pulling of the socks higher upon the leg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pulling	det
2	pulling	pulling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 higher	obl:unmarked
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 socks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 socks	det
5	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulling	nmod
6	higher	high	ADV	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 leg	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 leg	det
9	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 higher	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull			the socks					nom pulling «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The carrying of a heavy object for added weight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 carrying	det
2	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 object	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 object	det
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 object	amod
6	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carrying	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 weight	case
8	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 weight	amod
9	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 object	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund						of a heavy object for added weight	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of object=Initial_Location
2	add speech: assert	participle							vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The descent of the stairs at a running pace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 descent	det
2	descent	descent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 stairs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stairs	det
5	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 descent	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 pace	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pace	det
8	running	running	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pace	compound
9	pace	pace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 descent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	descend		the stairs					at a running pace	nom descent «event intransitive»: of=agent at=obl

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