Exam question 3 · Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave

Pursuant to an outbreak of fire within a microwave oven, ascertain the correct procedure.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain · To what, where: correct procedure

This is exam question 3 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	12 ascertain	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 outbreak	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 outbreak	det
4	outbreak	outbreak	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuant	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 fire	case
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outbreak	nmod
7	within	within	ADP	_	10 oven	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 oven	det
9	microwave	microwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 oven	compound
10	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fire	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pursuant	punct
12	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 procedure	det
14	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 procedure	amod
15	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ascertain	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the correct procedure				pursuant property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic

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

Keep the door shut, switch off at the wall and call an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 switch	punct
6	switch	switch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 switch	compound:prt
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 wall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wall	det
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 switch	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 call	cc
12	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the door			shut property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme
2	switch off	infinitive	you not said here			the wall		vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	call	infinitive	you not said here		a adult			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 2

Open the door at once and throw cold water upon the flames inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Open	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Open	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 throw	cc
7	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Open	conj
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 throw	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 flames	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 flames	det
12	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 throw	obl
13	inside	inside	ADV	_	7 throw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	the door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent door=Theme at once=Location
2	throw	infinitive	you not said here	cold water		the flames		inside property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme upon flame=Destination

Option 3

Open the door so that the smoke may leave the oven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Open	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 leave	mark
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 so	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 smoke	det
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leave	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 leave	aux
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Open	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 oven	det
11	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	the door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	leave	may	the smoke	the oven					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oven=Theme

Option 4

Remove the burning food by hand and run it under a tap

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 food	det
3	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 food	amod
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remove	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 hand	case
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remove	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 run	cc
8	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Remove	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 run	obj
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 tap	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tap	det
12	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	remove	imperative	you not said here	the burning food		by hand	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
2	burn	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	run	infinitive	you not said here	food	a tap		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme under tap=Trajectory

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