Exam question 4 · Birthday parties

Identify the hazard most commonly associated with burst balloons at children's parties.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, associate · To what, where: hazard, parties

This is exam question 4 of lesson 130 «Birthday parties» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hazard	det
3	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 commonly	advmod
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	6 associated	advmod
6	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hazard	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 balloons	case
8	burst	burst	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 balloons	compound
9	balloons	balloon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 associated	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 parties	case
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 parties	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 children	case
13	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 associated	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the hazard					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme
2	associate	participle		the hazard not said here		children's parties		with burst balloons; commonly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with balloon=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 · ← Mova's choice

The pieces may set fire to the cake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pieces	det
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 set	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 set	aux
4	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 cake	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cake	det
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	may	the pieces	fire				to the cake	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Young children may choke on the pieces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 choke	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 choke	aux
4	choke	choke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 pieces	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pieces	det
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 choke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choke	may	Young children			the pieces			vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The noise may damage the walls of the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 noise	det
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damage	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 damage	aux
4	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 walls	det
6	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 damage	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 room	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walls	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	may	the noise	the walls of the room					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient

Option 4

The rubber may stain the party clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rubber	det
2	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stain	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stain	aux
4	stain	stain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clothes	det
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clothes	compound
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 stain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stain	may	the rubber	the party clothes					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent clothes=Destination

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