Exam question 3 · Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning hot drinks and toddlers.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, hot drinks

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 drinks	amod
13	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 toddlers	cc
15	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 drinks	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	hot drinks and toddlers		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus drink=Experiencer

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

Hot drinks scald only during the first minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 drinks	amod
2	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scald	nsubj
3	scald	scald	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 minute	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	8 minute	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 minute	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 minute	amod
8	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scald	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scald	present	Hot drinks				minute		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Tea is harmless to toddlers once some cold milk has been added to it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 toddlers	case
5	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harmless	obl
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	12 added	mark
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 milk	det
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 milk	amod
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 added	nsubj:pass
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 added	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 added	aux:pass
12	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmless	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 added	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tea					to toddlers; harmless property	tree rules
2	add speech: assert	present · perfect · passive		some cold milk	Tea				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to it=Co-Patient

Option 3

A small child cannot reach a cup on any table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reach	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 reach	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 reach	advmod
6	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cup	det
8	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reach	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 table	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 table	det
11	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reach	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not reach	can	a small child	a cup		any table			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cup=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A cup of tea may scald a small child twenty minutes later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cup	det
2	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scald	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tea	case
4	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cup	nmod
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 scald	aux
6	scald	scald	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scald	obj
10	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 minutes	nummod
11	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 later	obl:unmarked
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 scald	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scald	may	a cup of tea	a small child				late property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument child=Patient

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