Exam question 3 · Babies, button batteries and magnets

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the disposal of spent batteries.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, spend · To what, where: response, disposal

This is exam question 3 of lesson 113 «Babies, button batteries and magnets» 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 disposal	det
13	disposal	disposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 batteries	case
15	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 batteries	amod
16	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 disposal	nmod
17	.	.	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 disposal of spent batteries		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disposal=Experiencer
5	spend	participle				vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Burial in the garden, as the soil neutralises all of the chemicals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 neutralises	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 garden	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 garden	det
4	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Burial	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 neutralises	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 neutralises	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 soil	det
8	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 neutralises	nsubj
9	neutralises	neutralis	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 neutralises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 chemicals	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 chemicals	det
13	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neutralis	present	Burial in the garden	all					tree rules

Option 2

Ordinary household rubbish, since spent batteries are inert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rubbish	amod
2	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rubbish	compound
3	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 inert	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 inert	mark
6	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 batteries	amod
7	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 inert	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 inert	cop
9	inert	inert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rubbish	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	participle							vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	spent batteries					inert property	tree rules

Option 3

The kitchen sink, where water dilutes any remaining charge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sink	det
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sink	compound
3	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dilutes	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dilutes	punct
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 dilutes	advmod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dilutes	nsubj
7	dilutes	dilute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 charge	det
9	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 charge	amod
10	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dilutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dilute	present	the kitchen sink	any remaining charge					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent charge=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Recycling at a battery bin, as rubbish bins risk leaks and fires

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recycling	recycle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 risk	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 bin	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bin	det
4	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bin	compound
5	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Recycling	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 risk	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 risk	mark
8	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bins	compound
9	bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 risk	nsubj
10	risk	risk	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	leaks	leak	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 risk	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 fires	cc
13	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 leaks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recycle	gerund				a battery bin			tree rules
2	risk	present	rubbish bins	leaks and fires					vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leak=Pivot

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