Exam question 4 · Windows, balconies and furniture

Pursuant to the hanging of blind cords, ascertain the precaution required in respect of young children.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: ascertain, require, respect · To what, where: precaution, respect, young children

This is exam question 4 of lesson 110 «Windows, balconies and furniture» 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 hanging	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hanging	det
4	hanging	hanging	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuant	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cords	case
6	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cords	amod
7	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hanging	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pursuant	punct
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 precaution	det
11	precaution	precaution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ascertain	obj
12	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 precaution	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 respect	case
14	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 required	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 children	case
16	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 children	amod
17	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 respect	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	present	the precaution		pursuant property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precaution=Topic
2	require	participle	the precaution not said here	respect of young children		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	respect		young children			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Tie them up high or wind them on a cleat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tie	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Tie	compound:prt
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wind	amod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 wind	cc
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wind	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 cleat	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cleat	det
10	cleat	cleat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie up	imperative	you not said here	them = they				on a cleat; high wind obl	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient on cleat=Co-Patient

Option 2

Remove the blind and leave the cord in place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 blind	det
3	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Remove	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 leave	cc
5	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Remove	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cord	det
7	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leave	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	imperative	you not said here	the blind					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blind=Theme
2	leave	present	you not said here	the cord		place			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cord=Theme in place=Location

Option 3

Tie them into a loop near the windowsill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tie	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 loop	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 loop	det
5	loop	loop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obl
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 windowsill	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 windowsill	det
8	windowsill	windowsill	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	imperative	you not said here	them = they				near the windowsill; into a loop	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient into loop=Co-Patient

Option 4

Let them hang loose to the floor in reach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hang	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hang	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 reach	case
9	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	them = they					tree rules
2	hang	infinitive	them = they not said here			reach		to the floor; loose property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in reach=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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