Exam question 2 · Baths, water at home and doors

Whereas a fire door is found propped open, determine the appropriate action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fire door, you · What happens: find, prop, determine · To what, where: fire door, appropriate action

This is exam question 2 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	6 found	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 door	det
3	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 door	compound
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 found	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 found	aux:pass
6	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 determine	advcl
7	propped	prop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 found	xcomp
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 propped	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 found	punct
10	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 action	det
12	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 action	amod
13	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determine	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		a fire door		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
2	prop	participle	a fire door not said here		open property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate action		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Topic

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

Close it, as it prevents the spread of smoke and fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Close	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 prevents	punct
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 prevents	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 prevents	nsubj
6	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Close	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spread	det
8	spread	spread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prevents	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 smoke	case
10	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spread	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fire	cc
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smoke	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here	it	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	prevent	present	it	the spread of smoke and fire	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer spread=Theme
3	spread			smoke and fire	nom spread «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Remove it from its hinges and inform no one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Remove	obj
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 hinges	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hinges	nmod:poss
5	hinges	hinge	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Remove	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 inform	cc
7	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Remove	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	imperative	you not said here	it		its hinges			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from hinge=Source
2	inform speech: other	present	you not said here	no one					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient

Option 3

Leave it open so as to admit fresh air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leave	xcomp
4	so	so	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 admit	mark
6	to	to	PART	_	7 admit	mark
7	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leave	advcl
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 air	amod
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 admit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it				open property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	admit speech: other	to-infinitive	you not said here	fresh air					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme

Option 4

Wedge it more firmly so that it remains open for everybody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wedge	wedge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wedge	obj
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 firmly	advmod
4	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	1 Wedge	advmod
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 remains	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 remains	nsubj
8	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wedge	advcl
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 remains	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 everybody	case
11	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 remains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wedge	imperative	you not said here	it				firmly property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	remain	present	it					for everybody; open property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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