Exam question 2 · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a plug that is hot or a smell of burning near a socket?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: plug, smell · What happens: follow, characteris, be, burn · To what, where: plug, socket

This is exam question 2 of lesson 108 «Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 plug	det
10	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 hot	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 hot	cop
13	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 plug	acl:relcl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 smell	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 smell	det
16	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hot	conj
17	of	of	SCONJ	_	18 burning	mark
18	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 smell	acl
19	near	near	ADP	_	21 socket	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 socket	det
21	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 burning	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a plug		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	is	present	a plug			hot property	tree rules
4	burn	gerund	a smell not said here		a socket		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near socket=Location

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

A harmless effect of dust upon the plug

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 effect	det
2	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 effect	amod
3	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 dust	case
5	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effect	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 plug	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plug	det
8	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	effect			dust				upon the plug	nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

Option 2

A normal effect of using electricity during the winter months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 effect	det
2	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 effect	amod
3	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 using	mark
5	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 effect	acl
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 using	obj
7	during	during	ADP	_	10 months	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 months	det
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 months	compound
10	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 using	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund	a normal effect not said here	electricity			month		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A sign of an electrical fault requiring prompt attention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 fault	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fault	det
5	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fault	amod
6	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sign	nmod
7	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 fault	acl
8	prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 attention	amod
9	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	gerund	a electrical fault not said here	prompt attention					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition
2	sign			a electrical fault					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A sign that the device is charging quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 charging	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 device	det
5	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 charging	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 charging	aux
7	charging	charge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sign	acl
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	7 charging	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	present · progressive	the device	a sign not said here				quickly property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location sign=Theme

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