Exam question 2 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the danger posed by a remote control lacking its battery cover?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: remote control · What happens: follow, characteris, pose, lack · To what, where: danger, battery cover

This is exam question 2 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 danger	det
10	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	posed	pose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 danger	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 control	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 control	det
14	remote	remote	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 control	amod
15	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 posed	obl:agent
16	lacking	lack	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 control	acl
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 cover	nmod:poss
18	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cover	compound
19	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lacking	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the danger	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	pose	participle		the danger not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	lack	gerund	a remote control not said here	control's battery cover		tree rules

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

The batteries will lose their charge very fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 batteries	det
2	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lose	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lose	aux
4	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 charge	nmod:poss
6	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lose	obj
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 fast	advmod
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 lose	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	future	the batteries	batteries's charge				fast property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Eventuality
2	charge		batteries = battery						nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

A toddler may remove and swallow the batteries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 toddler	det
2	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remove	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remove	aux
4	remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 swallow	cc
6	swallow	swallow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 remove	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 batteries	det
8	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swallow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	may	a toddler						vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	swallow	infinitive	a toddler not said here	the batteries					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient

Option 3

The remote will cease to function within a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 remote	det
2	remote	remote	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cease	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cease	aux
4	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 function	mark
6	function	function	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cease	xcomp
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 function	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	future	the remote						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	function	to-infinitive	the remote not said here				day		vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The remote may switch the television on alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 remote	det
2	remote	remote	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 switch	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 switch	aux
4	switch	switch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 television	det
6	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 switch	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 alone	case
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 switch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch	may	the remote	the television					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent television=Patient

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