Exam question 2 · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking

Whereas a pan of oil has caught fire, determine which action must on no account be taken.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: catch, determine, take · To what, where: fire, action, account

This is exam question 2 of lesson 105 «Knives, kitchen tools and cooking» 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	_	3 pan	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pan	det
3	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 oil	case
5	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pan	nmod
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 caught	aux
7	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 determine	punct
10	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 caught	advcl
11	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	12 action	det
12	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 taken	nsubj:pass
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 taken	aux
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 account	case
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 account	det
16	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 taken	obl
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 taken	aux:pass
18	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 determine	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	catch	present · perfect	fire		whereas a pan of oil	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
2	determine	infinitive				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	take	must · passive	which action	no account		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on account=Destination

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

Leaving the kitchen and calling for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kitchen	det
3	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leaving	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 calling	cc
5	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Leaving	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 help	case
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		the kitchen					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitchen=Theme
2	call	gerund						for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Option 2

Calling an adult to the kitchen at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 kitchen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kitchen	det
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		a adult	the kitchen				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Topic to kitchen=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Pouring water upon the burning oil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pouring	pour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pouring	obj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 oil	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 oil	det
5	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 oil	compound
6	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pouring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	gerund		water				upon the burning oil	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 4

Turning off the heat beneath the pan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Turning	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 heat	det
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turning	obj
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 pan	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pan	det
7	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn off	gerund		the heat				beneath the pan	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heat=Patient

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