Exam question 2 · Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave

Whereas mould is observed upon one slice of a loaf, determine the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: observe, determine, slice · To what, where: mould, appropriate course, loaf

This is exam question 2 of lesson 106 «Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave» 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	ADV	PronType=Int	4 observed	advmod
2	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 observed	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 observed	aux:pass
4	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 determine	advcl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 slice	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 slice	nummod
7	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 observed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 loaf	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 loaf	det
10	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slice	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 determine	punct
12	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 course	det
14	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 course	amod
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 determine	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 action	case
17	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 course	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	observe	present · passive		mould	upon one slice of a loaf; whereas property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
3	slice			a loaf		nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient

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

Discard the whole loaf, as the threads spread unseen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Discard	discard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 loaf	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 loaf	amod
4	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Discard	nmod:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 spread	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 spread	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 threads	det
8	threads	thread	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 spread	nsubj
9	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Discard	acl:relcl
10	unseen	unseen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spread	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	the threads	Discard the whole loaf not said here				unseen property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location discard=Theme

Option 2

Toast the slice so as to destroy the mould

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toast	toast	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 slice	det
3	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Toast	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	1 Toast	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 destroy	mark
6	to	to	PART	_	7 destroy	mark
7	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Toast	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mould	det
9	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 destroy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toast	imperative	you not said here	the slice					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent slice=Patient
2	destroy	to-infinitive	you not said here	the mould					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mould=Patient

Option 3

Discard only the slice upon which it is seen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Discard	discard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slice	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 slice	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 slice	det
4	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 seen	obl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 seen	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 seen	aux:pass
9	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 slice	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · passive		Discard				upon the slice	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

Remove the visible mould with a knife and eat the remainder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mould	det
3	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mould	amod
4	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remove	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 knife	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 knife	det
7	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remove	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eat	cc
9	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Remove	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 remainder	det
11	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	imperative	you not said here	the visible mould				with a knife	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mould=Theme
2	eat	present	you not said here	the remainder					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remainder=Patient

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