Exam question 2 · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

Whereas scissors are to be conveyed from one person to another, state the manner prescribed for so doing.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: convey, state, prescribe, do · To what, where: scissors, manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» 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 conveyed	mark
2	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 conveyed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 conveyed	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 conveyed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 conveyed	aux:pass
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 state	advcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 person	nummod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conveyed	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 another	case
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 person	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 conveyed	punct
13	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 manner	det
15	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 state	obj
16	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 manner	acl
17	for	for	SCONJ	_	19 doing	mark
18	so	so	ADV	_	19 doing	advmod
19	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 prescribed	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	convey	present · passive		scissors	from one person to another	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from person=Initial_Location
2	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
3	prescribe	participle		the manner not said here		tree rules
4	do	gerund				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Open, pointing upward, and passed blade first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pointing	punct
3	pointing	point	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Open	advcl
4	upward	upward	ADV	_	3 pointing	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 blade	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 blade	cc
7	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 blade	amod
8	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Open	conj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 blade	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	gerund						upward property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pass	participle							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Closed, pointing at the recipient, and thrown gently across to them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pointing	punct
3	pointing	point	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Closed	advcl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 recipient	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 recipient	det
6	recipient	recipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pointing	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thrown	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 thrown	cc
9	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Closed	conj
10	gently	gently	ADV	_	9 thrown	advmod
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 them	case
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	close	participle			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	point	gerund	the recipient		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	throw	participle		across them = they; gently property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Open, held by the blades, passed point first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 blades	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 held	punct
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 blades	amod
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 blades	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 blades	det
6	blades	blade	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 passed	punct
8	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 blades	acl
9	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 passed	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 passed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pass	participle	the Open held blades not said here	point				first property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme point=Trajectory

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

Closed, pointing downward, and passed handle first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pointing	punct
3	pointing	point	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Closed	conj
4	downward	downward	ADV	_	3 pointing	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 passed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 passed	cc
7	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Closed	conj
8	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passed	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 passed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	close	participle			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	point	gerund		downward property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pass	participle	handle	first property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme handle=Trajectory

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