Exam question 2 · Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher

Whereas the flame of a gas cooker is extinguished while the gas remains on, determine the appropriate action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gas, you, gas cooker · What happens: extinguish, remain, determine, flame · To what, where: flame, appropriate action

This is exam question 2 of lesson 107 «Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher» 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	_	9 extinguished	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flame	det
3	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 extinguished	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 cooker	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cooker	det
6	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cooker	compound
7	cooker	cooker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flame	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 extinguished	aux:pass
9	extinguished	extinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 determine	advcl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 remains	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gas	det
12	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remains	nsubj
13	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 extinguished	advcl
14	on	on	ADV	_	13 remains	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 extinguished	punct
16	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 action	det
18	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 action	amod
19	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 determine	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	extinguish	present · passive		the flame of a gas cooker	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	remain	present	the gas		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate action	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Topic
4	flame		a gas cooker		nom flame «process 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

Open the oven door to warm the room

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	4 door	det
3	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 door	compound
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Open	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 warm	mark
6	warm	warm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Open	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 room	det
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	the oven door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	warm	to-infinitive	you not said here	the room					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent room=Patient

Option 2

Leave it on so that the gas may escape out of the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Leave	compound:prt
4	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 escape	mark
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 so	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gas	det
7	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 escape	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 escape	aux
9	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leave	advcl
10	out	out	ADP	_	13 window	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 window	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 window	det
13	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 escape	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	escape	may	the gas			the window			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out window=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Turn off the knob and inform an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Turn	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knob	det
4	knob	knob	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 inform	cc
6	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Turn	conj
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn off	imperative	you not said here	the knob					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent knob=Patient
2	inform speech: other	infinitive	you not said here		a adult				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

Relight it at once with a match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Relight	relight	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Relight	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Relight	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 match	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 match	det
7	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Relight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relight	imperative	you not said here	it				with a match	tree rules

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