Exam question 3 · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the preparation of grapes for consumption by a toddler.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, prepare · To what, where: response, preparation, grapes

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 preparation	det
13	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 grapes	case
15	grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 preparation	nmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 consumption	case
17	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 preparation	nmod
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 toddler	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 toddler	det
20	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the preparation of grapes	for consumption; by a toddler	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus preparation=Experiencer
5	prepare			grapes	for consumption	nom preparation «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

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

They are frozen solid before being served

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 frozen	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 frozen	aux:pass
3	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 frozen	xcomp
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 served	mark
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 served	aux:pass
7	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 frozen	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	present · passive		They				solid property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	serve	gerund · passive							vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»

Option 2

They are served whole, since they are soft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 served	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 served	aux:pass
3	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 served	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 soft	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 soft	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 soft	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 soft	cop
9	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 served	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present · passive		They				whole property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
2	is	present	they					soft property	tree rules

Option 3

They are halved crossways across the middle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 halved	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 halved	aux:pass
3	halved	halve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	crossways	crossway	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 halved	obj
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 middle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 middle	det
7	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 halved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	halve	present · passive		They		the middle			tree rules

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

They are cut into quarters lengthways

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cut	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	aux:pass
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 quarters	case
5	quarters	quarter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cut	obl
6	lengthways	lengthways	ADV	_	3 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present · passive		They		quarters		lengthways property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into quarter=Product

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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