Exam question 2 · Smells that warn

It being given that an odour of gas is perceived within a dwelling, select the response consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: give, perceive, select, establish · To what, where: It, odour, response

This is exam question 2 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 perceived	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 odour	det
6	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perceived	nsubj:pass
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 gas	case
8	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 odour	nmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 perceived	aux:pass
10	perceived	perceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
11	within	within	ADP	_	13 dwelling	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dwelling	det
13	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perceived	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 select	punct
15	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 response	det
17	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 select	obj
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 response	amod
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 guidance	case
20	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 guidance	amod
21	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consistent	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	perceive	present · passive	a odour of gas	within a dwelling	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
3	select	infinitive	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
4	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

To refrain from operating switches, to leave the building, and to summon assistance from outside

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 refrain	mark
2	refrain	refrain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 switches	case
4	operating	operating	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 switches	compound
5	switches	switch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 refrain	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 leave	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 leave	mark
8	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 refrain	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 building	det
10	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leave	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 summon	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 summon	cc
13	to	to	PART	_	14 summon	mark
14	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 refrain	conj
15	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 summon	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 outside	case
17	outside	outside	ADV	_	14 summon	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	refrain	to-infinitive		operating switches	vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from switch=Eventuality
2	leave	to-infinitive	the building		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Theme
3	summon	to-infinitive	assistance		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Recipient

Option 2

To light a match so as to burn away the gas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 light	mark
2	light	light	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 burn	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 match	det
4	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 light	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 burn	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 burn	mark
7	to	to	PART	_	8 burn	mark
8	burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	away	away	ADP	_	8 burn	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gas	det
11	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 burn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	to-infinitive		a match					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Product
2	burn away	to-infinitive		the gas					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gas=Theme

Option 3

To telephone for help from within the kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 telephone	mark
2	telephone	telephone	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 help	case
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 telephone	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 kitchen	case
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 kitchen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kitchen	det
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 telephone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	telephone speech: other	to-infinitive				the kitchen		for help	vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Topic

Option 4

To switch on the lights in order to locate the leak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 switch	mark
2	switch	switch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 lights	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lights	det
5	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 switch	obl
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 locate	mark
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 locate	mark
9	locate	locate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 switch	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 leak	det
11	leak	leak	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 locate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch	to-infinitive				the lights			vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	locate	to-infinitive		the leak					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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