Exam question 4 · Oven, hob, kettle, toaster and dishwasher

Pursuant to the smoking of toast within a toaster, ascertain the correct procedure.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, smoke · To what, where: correct procedure, toast

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

Remove the toast with a knife at once

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	3 toast	det
3	toast	toast	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remove	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 knife	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 knife	det
6	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remove	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Remove	obl

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

Option 2

Shake the toaster while it is still plugged in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shake	shake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 toaster	det
3	toaster	toaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shake	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 plugged	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 plugged	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 plugged	aux:pass
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 plugged	advmod
8	plugged	plug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Shake	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	8 plugged	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	imperative	you not said here	the toaster					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent toaster=Patient
2	plug in	present · passive		toaster			still		vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Press the cancel lever and unplug the toaster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Press	press	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lever	det
3	cancel	cancel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lever	compound
4	lever	lever	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Press	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 unplug	cc
6	unplug	unplug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Press	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 toaster	det
8	toaster	toaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unplug	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	imperative	you not said here	the cancel lever					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lever=Theme
2	unplug	infinitive	you not said here	the toaster					tree rules

Option 4

Pour water into the toaster to cool it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 toaster	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 toaster	det
5	toaster	toaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cool	mark
7	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pour	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cool	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	imperative	you not said here	water		the toaster			vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme into toaster=Destination
2	cool	to-infinitive	you not said here	water					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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