Exam question 1 · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the so-called five-second rule concerning dropped food?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: second rule · What happens: follow, characteris, call, concern, drop · To what, where: second rule, dropped food · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» 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	12 called	det
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 called	advmod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 called	punct
12	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	parataxis
13	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 second	nummod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 five	punct
15	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 rule	amod
16	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 called	xcomp
17	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 rule	acl
18	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 food	amod
19	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 concerning	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			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	call	participle		second rule		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	concern	gerund	second rule not said here	dropped food		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus food=Experiencer
5	drop	participle				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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

It is true, as germs need five seconds to climb

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 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 need	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 need	mark
6	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 need	nsubj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
8	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 seconds	nummod
9	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 need	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 climb	mark
11	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 need	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		true property	tree rules
2	need	present	germs	second		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	climb not said to happen	to-infinitive	germs not said here			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It is untrue, as germs stick to the food at once

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 untrue	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 untrue	cop
3	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stick	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 stick	mark
6	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stick	nsubj
7	stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 untrue	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 food	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 food	det
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stick	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 stick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					untrue property	tree rules
2	stick	present	germs					to the food	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme at once=Destination

Option 3

It is true provided that the food is dry

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	4 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 dry	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 food	det
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dry	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dry	cop
9	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		It					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	the food					dry property	tree rules

Option 4

It is true for all foods dropped upon carpet

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 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 dropped	mark
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 foods	det
6	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dropped	nsubj
7	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 true	advcl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 carpet	case
9	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	drop	past	all foods			carpet			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon carpet=Trajectory

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