Exam question 2 · Weather signs and the 30-30 rule

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the protection afforded by a hard-topped metal car during a thunderstorm?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, afford, top · To what, where: protection

This is exam question 2 of lesson 15 «Weather signs and the 30-30 rule» 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 protection	det
10	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	afforded	afford	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 protection	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	18 car	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 car	det
14	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 topped	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 hard	punct
16	topped	top	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 car	amod
17	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 car	compound
18	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 afforded	obl:agent
19	during	during	ADP	_	21 thunderstorm	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 thunderstorm	det
21	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 afforded	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the protection		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	afford	participle	the protection not said here	during a thunderstorm		tree rules
4	top	participle				vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: 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

Its glass windows repel the lightning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 windows	nmod:poss
2	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 windows	compound
3	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 repel	nsubj
4	repel	repel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lightning	det
6	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 repel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repel	present	Its glass windows	the lightning					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lightning=Experiencer

Option 2

It affords no protection whatsoever

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 affords	nsubj
2	affords	afford	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 protection	det
4	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affords	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 affords	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	afford	present	It	no protection				whatsoever property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Its rubber tyres insulate the occupants entirely from the ground beneath them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 tyres	nmod:poss
2	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tyres	compound
3	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 insulate	nsubj
4	insulate	insulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 occupants	det
6	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 insulate	obj
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 insulate	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insulate	obl
11	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 insulate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insulate	present	Its rubber tyres	the occupants		the ground		beneath occupants = occupant; entirely property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent occupant=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Its metal body conducts the electrical current around the occupants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 body	nmod:poss
2	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 body	compound
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conducts	nsubj
4	conducts	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 current	det
6	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 current	amod
7	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conducts	obj
8	around	around	ADP	_	10 occupants	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 occupants	det
10	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 current	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	present	Its metal body	the electrical current		the occupants			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent current=Theme around occupant=Destination

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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