Exam question 3 · Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom

Whereas a bath has been taken and the bathroom is full of steam, determine the appropriate measure and its reason.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bathroom, you · What happens: take, be, determine · To what, where: bath, appropriate measure

This is exam question 3 of lesson 118 «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom» 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 taken	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bath	det
3	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 taken	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 taken	aux:pass
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 determine	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 full	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bathroom	det
9	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 full	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 full	cop
11	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 taken	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 steam	case
13	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 full	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 taken	punct
15	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 measure	det
17	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 measure	amod
18	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 determine	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 reason	cc
20	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 reason	nmod:poss
21	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 measure	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	present · perfect · passive		a bath		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	the bathroom		of steam; full property	tree rules
3	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate measure and bathroom's reason		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic

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

Leave it as it is, as steam cleans the tiles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 is	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 is	nsubj
5	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cleans	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 cleans	mark
8	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cleans	nsubj
9	cleans	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tiles	det
11	tiles	tile	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cleans	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	be	present	it		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	clean	present	steam	the tiles	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tile=Patient

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

Use the fan and open the door, as damp grows mould

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fan	det
3	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 open	cc
5	open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 open	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grows	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 grows	mark
10	damp	damp	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grows	nsubj
11	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	parataxis
12	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the fan	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Patient
2	open	infinitive	you not said here	the door	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
3	grow	present	damp	mould	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mould=Theme

Option 3

Turn on the heater, as steam is good for paint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 heater	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 heater	det
4	heater	heater	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 good	mark
7	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 good	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 good	cop
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Turn	parataxis
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 paint	case
11	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 good	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here			the heater			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on heater=Trajectory
2	is	present	steam					for paint; good property	tree rules

Option 4

Close every window, as steam keeps the room warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 window	det
3	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Close	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 keeps	mark
6	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Close	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	obj
10	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here	every window					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient
2	keep	present	steam	the room				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=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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