Exam question 4 · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

Pursuant to a failure of the electrical supply, ascertain the advisable course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: electrical supply · What happens: ascertain, fail · To what, where: advisable course

This is exam question 4 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 failure	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 failure	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 failure	det
4	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 supply	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 supply	det
7	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 supply	amod
8	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 failure	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ascertain	punct
10	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 failure	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 course	det
12	advisable	advisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 course	amod
13	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ascertain	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 action	case
15	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 course	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 failure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	infinitive		the advisable course of action					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	fail		the electrical supply						nom failure «act 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

Unplug the refrigerator and leave it open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unplug	unplug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 refrigerator	det
3	refrigerator	refrigerator	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Unplug	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 leave	cc
5	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Unplug	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leave	obj
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 leave	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unplug	imperative	you not said here	the refrigerator					tree rules
2	leave	infinitive	you not said here	refrigerator				open property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Use a torch and keep the refrigerator closed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 torch	det
3	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 keep	cc
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 refrigerator	det
7	refrigerator	refrigerator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a torch	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Patient
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here	the refrigerator	tree rules
3	close	participle	the refrigerator not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Light candles in every room of the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 candles	compound
2	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 room	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 room	det
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 candles	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 room	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Open the refrigerator so the food stays fresh

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 refrigerator	det
3	refrigerator	refrigerator	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Open	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 stays	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stays	nsubj
7	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Open	advcl
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	the refrigerator					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location refrigerator=Theme
2	stay	present	the food					fresh property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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