Exam question 1 · Baths, water at home and doors

Identify the principal reason for which the temperature of bath water is tested with the elbow.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, test · To what, where: principal reason, temperature

This is exam question 1 of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 tested	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 temperature	det
8	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tested	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 water	case
10	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 water	compound
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 temperature	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 tested	aux:pass
13	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 elbow	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 elbow	det
16	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tested	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	test	present · passive		the temperature of bath water				for the principal reason; with the elbow	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for which=Attribute

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 · ✓ the right answer

The elbow perceives heat better than the hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 elbow	det
2	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceives	nsubj
3	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceives	obj
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 perceives	xcomp
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 hand	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hand	det
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present	the elbow	heat				good property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer heat=Stimulus

Option 2

The elbow is less easily wetted by the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 elbow	det
2	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wetted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wetted	aux:pass
4	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 easily	advmod
5	easily	easily	ADV	_	6 wetted	advmod
6	wetted	wett	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wetted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wett	present · passive	the water	the elbow				easily property	tree rules

Option 3

The elbow cools the water as it is inserted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 elbow	det
2	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cools	nsubj
3	cools	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cools	obj
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 inserted	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 inserted	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 inserted	aux:pass
9	inserted	insert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cools	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	present	the elbow	the water					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	insert	present · passive		elbow					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The hand is liable to be scalded at any temperature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hand	det
2	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 liable	cop
4	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 scalded	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 scalded	aux:pass
7	scalded	scald	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 liable	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 temperature	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 temperature	det
10	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scalded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the hand					liable property	tree rules
2	scald	to-infinitive · passive	the hand not said here			any temperature			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»

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