Exam question 4 · Knives, kitchen tools and cooking

Pursuant to the cleaning of a blender, ascertain the precaution required before the blades are touched.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, blender · What happens: ascertain, require, touch, clean · To what, where: precaution, blades

This is exam question 4 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	9 ascertain	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 cleaning	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cleaning	det
4	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ascertain	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 blender	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 blender	det
7	blender	blender	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaning	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cleaning	punct
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 precaution	det
11	precaution	precaution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ascertain	obj
12	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 precaution	acl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 touched	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 blades	det
15	blades	blade	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 touched	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 touched	aux:pass
17	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 required	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the precaution	to the cleaning of a blender; pursuant property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precaution=Topic
2	require	participle		the precaution not said here		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	touch	present · passive		the blades		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme
4	clean		a blender			nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 must be filled with cold water first

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	4 filled	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 filled	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 filled	aux:pass
4	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 filled	obl
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 filled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	must · passive		It				with cold water; first property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with water=Instrument

Option 2

It must be left running at a low speed

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	4 left	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 left	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 speed	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 speed	det
8	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 speed	amod
9	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	must · passive		It					tree rules
2	run	gerund				a low speed			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory

Option 3

It must be placed upon a dry tea towel

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	4 placed	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 placed	aux:pass
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 towel	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 towel	det
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 towel	amod
8	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 towel	compound
9	towel	towel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	must · passive		It		a dry tea towel			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon towel=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It must be switched off and unplugged

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	4 switched	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 switched	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 switched	aux:pass
4	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 switched	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 unplugged	cc
7	unplugged	unplug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 switched	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	must · passive		It					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	unplug	participle							tree rules

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