Exam question 3 · Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors

Select the response consistent with established safety practice concerning electrical appliances near water.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established safety practice · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, electrical appliances, water

This is exam question 3 of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 practice	amod
7	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 practice	compound
8	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 practice	acl
10	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 appliances	amod
11	appliances	appliance	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	near	near	ADP	_	13 water	case
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 appliances	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	established safety practice not said here	electrical appliances	water	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus appliance=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

Mains appliances are not used near a full bath or sink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mains	main	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 appliances	compound
2	appliances	appliance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 used	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 used	advmod
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	near	near	ADP	_	9 bath	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bath	det
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bath	amod
9	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 sink	cc
11	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bath	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	present · passive		Mains appliances		a full bath or sink			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Electricity is safe where the water is warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 warm	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 warm	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 warm	cop
8	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Electricity					safe property	tree rules
2	is	present	the water					warm property	tree rules

Option 3

Hair dryers may be used in the bath provided the hands are dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dryers	compound
2	dryers	dryer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 used	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	aux:pass
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 provided	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bath	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bath	det
8	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 provided	obl
9	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hands	det
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 dry	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 dry	cop
13	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	use	may · passive		Hair dryers			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	provide	past			the bath		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	is	present	the hands			dry property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Plugs may be touched with wet hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plugs	plug	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 touched	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 touched	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 touched	aux:pass
4	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 hands	case
6	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hands	amod
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 touched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	may · passive		Plugs				with wet hands	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme with hand=Instrument

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