Exam question 4 · Baths, water at home and doors

Pursuant to the overflow of a bath, ascertain the correct procedure.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, bath · What happens: ascertain, overflow · To what, where: correct procedure

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

Leave the tap running and mop the floor beneath it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tap	det
3	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
4	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Leave	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mop	cc
6	mop	mop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mop	obj
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	the tap		tree rules
2	run	gerund	the tap not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mop	present	you not said here	the floor	beneath floor	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent floor=Initial_Location

Option 2

Unplug the bathroom light while standing in water

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	4 light	det
3	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 light	compound
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Unplug	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 standing	mark
6	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Unplug	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unplug	imperative	you not said here	the bathroom light					tree rules
2	stand	gerund	you not said here			water			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location

Option 3

Switch on an electric heater nearby so as to dry the floor quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Switch	switch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dry	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 heater	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 heater	det
4	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 heater	amod
5	heater	heater	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Switch	nmod
6	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	10 dry	advmod
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 dry	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 dry	mark
9	to	to	PART	_	10 dry	mark
10	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 floor	det
12	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dry	obj
13	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	10 dry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	to-infinitive	Switch on a electric heater	the floor				nearby, quickly property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient floor=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Turn off the tap, pull the plug and avoid electrical things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Turn	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tap	det
4	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pull	punct
6	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Turn	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plug	det
8	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pull	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 avoid	cc
10	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Turn	conj
11	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 things	amod
12	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	turn off	imperative	you not said here	the tap	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tap=Patient
2	pull	infinitive	you not said here	the plug	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Theme
3	avoid	infinitive	you not said here	electrical things	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Location

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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