Exam question 2 · Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a swallowed button battery?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, swallow · To what, where: swallowed button battery

This is exam question 2 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 battery	det
10	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 battery	amod
11	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 battery	compound
12	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	a swallowed button battery	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	swallow	participle			vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

It is dangerous only if bitten

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	3 dangerous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dangerous	cop
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 bitten	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 bitten	mark
6	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dangerous	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					dangerous property	tree rules
2	bite a condition, not said to happen	participle							vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It may burn through the throat within about two hours and is an emergency

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	3 burn	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 burn	aux
3	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 throat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 throat	det
6	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burn	obl
7	within	within	ADP	_	10 hours	case
8	about	about	ADV	_	9 two	advmod
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 hours	nummod
10	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 burn	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 emergency	cc
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 emergency	cop
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 emergency	det
14	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burn	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	may	It			the throat	hour		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through throat=Location
2	is a	present		a emergency					tree rules

Option 3

It passes harmlessly in nearly all cases

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 passes	nsubj
2	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	harmlessly	harmlessly	ADV	_	2 passes	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 cases	case
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	7 cases	advmod
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 cases	det
7	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 passes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	It			all cases		harmlessly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in case=Location

Option 4

It requires attention only the next day

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 day	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	attention			day		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition

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