Exam question 1 · Sounds that warn

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of a single brief chirp emitted by a smoke alarm at intervals of about one minute?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, emit · To what, where: significance, single brief chirp

This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Sounds that warn» 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 significance	det
10	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 chirp	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 chirp	det
13	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 chirp	amod
14	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 chirp	amod
15	chirp	chirp	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 significance	nmod
16	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 chirp	acl
17	by	by	ADP	_	20 alarm	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 alarm	det
19	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 alarm	compound
20	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 emitted	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 intervals	case
22	intervals	interval	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 alarm	nmod
23	of	of	ADP	_	26 minute	case
24	about	about	ADV	_	25 one	advmod
25	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	26 minute	nummod
26	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 intervals	nmod
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the significance of a single brief chirp	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	emit	participle	a single brief chirp not said here	by a smoke alarm at intervals of one minute	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source

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 · ✓ the right answer

It ordinarily indicates that the battery is low

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 indicates	nsubj
2	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	3 indicates	advmod
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 low	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 battery	det
6	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 low	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 low	cop
8	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It					ordinarily property	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the battery					low property	tree rules

Option 2

It indicates that carbon monoxide is present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 present	mark
4	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 monoxide	compound
5	monoxide	monoxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 present	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 present	cop
7	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 indicates	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	carbon monoxide					present property	tree rules

Option 3

It indicates that a fire is in progress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 progress	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 progress	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 progress	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 progress	case
8	progress	progress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	a fire			progress			tree rules

Option 4

It indicates that the alarm is functioning perfectly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 functioning	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 alarm	det
5	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 functioning	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 functioning	cop
7	functioning	functioning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 indicates	advcl
8	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	7 functioning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the alarm					functioning, perfectly property	tree rules

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