Exam question 4 · Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom

Ascertain the reason for which each person ought to use solely their own toothbrush.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, person · What happens: ascertain, use · To what, where: reason, own toothbrush

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 use	obl
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	nsubj
8	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 use	aux
9	to	to	PART	_	10 use	mark
10	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reason	acl:relcl
11	solely	solely	ADV	_	10 use	advmod
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 toothbrush	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 toothbrush	amod
14	toothbrush	toothbrush	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	use	ought	each person	their own toothbrush				for the reason; solely property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent toothbrush=Theme for which=Eventuality

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

Sharing makes the toothpaste weaker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toothpaste	det
4	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	gerund							tree rules
2	make	present		the toothpaste				weak property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset toothpaste=Product

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

Sharing a toothbrush spreads germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 spreads	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 toothbrush	det
3	toothbrush	toothbrush	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sharing	obj
4	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spreads	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	gerund		a toothbrush					tree rules
2	spread	present	Sharing	germs					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location germ=Theme

Option 3

Shared toothbrushes wear out faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 toothbrushes	amod
2	toothbrushes	toothbrush	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wear	nsubj
3	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 wear	compound:prt
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 wear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	participle							tree rules
2	wear out	present	Shared toothbrushes					fast property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Toothbrushes only fit one mouth shape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toothbrushes	toothbrush	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fit	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 fit	advmod
3	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 shape	nummod
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shape	compound
6	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present	Toothbrushes	one mouth shape					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient

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