Exam question 2 · Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the storage of household cleaning products.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, store · To what, where: response, storage, cleaning products

This is exam question 2 of lesson 114 «Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals» 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 storage	det
13	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 products	case
15	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cleaning	compound
16	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 products	compound
17	products	product	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 storage	nmod
18	.	.	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 storage of cleaning products		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus storage=Experiencer
5	store			cleaning products		nom storage «act 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

In clean drinks bottles, in order to save space in the cupboard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 bottles	case
2	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bottles	amod
3	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bottles	compound
4	bottles	bottle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 save	punct
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 save	mark
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 save	mark
9	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bottles	acl:relcl
10	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 save	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 cupboard	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cupboard	det
13	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 save	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	to-infinitive		space		the cupboard			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In their original bottles, locked away or up high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 bottles	case
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bottles	nmod:poss
3	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bottles	amod
4	bottles	bottle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 locked	punct
6	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bottles	acl
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 locked	advmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 up	cc
9	up	up	ADV	_	7 away	conj
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 locked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock away	participle		their original bottles not said here				away property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

In open bowls under the sink, for ease of access

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 bowls	case
2	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bowls	amod
3	bowls	bowl	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 sink	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sink	det
6	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bowls	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ease	punct
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ease	case
9	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bowls	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 access	case
11	access	access	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ease	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Mixed together in one bottle, to save waste

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	together	together	ADV	_	1 Mixed	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 bottle	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 bottle	nummod
5	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mixed	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 save	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 save	mark
8	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Mixed	advcl
9	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	participle				one bottle		together property	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	save	to-infinitive		waste					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waste=Theme

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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