Exam question 1 · Smells that warn

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the odour associated with a leak of domestic gas?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, associate · To what, where: odour

This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Smells 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 odour	det
10	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 odour	acl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 leak	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 leak	det
14	leak	leak	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 associated	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 gas	case
16	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 gas	amod
17	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 leak	nmod
18	?	?	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 odour	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	associate	participle	the odour not said here	with a leak of domestic gas	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with leak=Co-Patient

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

A leak of gas produces no detectable odour of any kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 leak	det
2	leak	leak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 produces	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gas	case
4	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leak	nmod
5	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 odour	det
7	detectable	detectable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 odour	amod
8	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 produces	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 kind	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 kind	det
11	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 odour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	a leak of gas	no detectable odour of any kind					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent odour=Result

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

Natural gas being odourless, a strong-smelling substance resembling rotten eggs is added to it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gas	amod
2	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 odourless	nsubj
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 odourless	cop
4	odourless	odourless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 added	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 substance	det
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 smelling	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 strong	punct
9	smelling	smell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 substance	amod
10	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 added	nsubj:pass
11	resembling	resemble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 substance	acl
12	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 eggs	amod
13	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 resembling	obj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 added	aux:pass
15	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 odourless	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 added	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	Natural gas			odourless property	tree rules
2	smell	gerund					vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	resemble	gerund	a smelling substance not said here	rotten eggs			tree rules
4	add speech: assert	present · passive		a smelling substance	gas		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to it=Co-Patient

Option 3

Natural gas smells faintly of flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gas	amod
2	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smells	nsubj
3	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	faintly	faintly	ADV	_	3 smells	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 flowers	case
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 smells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	Natural gas					of flowers; faintly property	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of flower=Theme

Option 4

Natural gas possesses of itself a strong odour of rotten eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gas	amod
2	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	nsubj
3	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 itself	case
5	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 possesses	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 odour	det
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 odour	amod
8	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 eggs	case
10	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 eggs	amod
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 odour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Natural gas	a strong odour of rotten eggs				of gas	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot odour=Theme

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