Exam question 3 · Balance and falling well

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the lowering of the centre of gravity by the bending of the knees.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, lower · To what, where: response, lowering, centre

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lowering	det
13	lowering	lowering	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 centre	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 centre	det
16	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lowering	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 gravity	case
18	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 centre	nmod
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 bending	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 bending	det
21	bending	bending	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 knees	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 knees	det
24	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 bending	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the lowering of the centre of gravity	by the bending of the knees	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lowering=Experiencer
5	lower			the centre of gravity		nom lowering «act transitive»: of=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 right answer

It renders the person steadier and less liable to fall

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 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	steadier	steady	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 renders	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 liable	cc
7	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 liable	advmod
8	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 steadier	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 fall	mark
10	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 liable	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the person				steady property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	fall	to-infinitive							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It has no effect of any description upon balance

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 description	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 description	det
7	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 balance	case
9	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 description	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no effect of any description upon balance					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient
2	effect			any description upon balance					nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It renders the person less steady and more liable to fall

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 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 steady	advmod
6	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 liable	cc
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 liable	advmod
9	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 steady	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 fall	mark
11	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 liable	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the person					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	fall	to-infinitive							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It is of benefit solely to persons standing on ice

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 benefit	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 benefit	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 benefit	case
4	benefit	benefit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 benefit	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 persons	case
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 benefit	nmod
8	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 persons	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 ice	case
10	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of benefit; to persons; solely property	tree rules
2	stand	gerund	persons not said here			ice			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ice=Location

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