Exam question 1 · Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles

Identify the proper manner in which scissors are carried and passed.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, carry, pass · To what, where: proper manner, scissors

This is exam question 1 of lesson 218 «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles» 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	4 manner	det
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 manner	amod
4	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 carried	obl
7	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 carried	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 carried	aux:pass
9	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 manner	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 passed	cc
11	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 carried	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the proper manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	carry	present · passive		scissors	the proper manner	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in which=Location
3	pass	participle				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: 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

Thrown gently to the recipient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Thrown	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 recipient	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 recipient	det
5	recipient	recipient	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	participle				the recipient		gently property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent to recipient=Destination

Option 2

Carried open in a pocket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Carried	xcomp
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 pocket	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pocket	det
5	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	participle				a pocket		open property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in pocket=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Closed, points downward, and passed handle first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 points	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 points	punct
3	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	downward	downward	ADV	_	3 points	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 passed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 passed	cc
7	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 points	advcl
8	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passed	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 passed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	close	participle			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	point	present		downward property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pass	participle	handle	first property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme handle=Trajectory

Option 4

Open, points forward, and passed to the other blade first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 points	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Open	punct
3	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forward	forward	ADV	_	3 points	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 passed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 passed	cc
7	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 points	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 blade	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 blade	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 blade	amod
11	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passed	obl
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 passed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	present						forward property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pass	participle				the other blade		first property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to blade=Initial_Location

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