Exam question 3 · Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles
Select the response consistent with established practice upon finding a used needle outside.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established practice · What happens: select, establish, find, use · To what, where: response, used needle
This is exam question 3 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 | 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 | _ | 7 practice | case |
| 6 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 practice | amod |
| 7 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 8 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 9 finding | mark |
| 9 | finding | find | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 practice | acl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 needle | det |
| 11 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 needle | amod |
| 12 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 finding | obj |
| 13 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 12 needle | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | find | gerund | established practice not said here | a used needle | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Topic | ||||
| 4 | use | participle | vn eat-39.1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is not touched, and an adult is informed
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 touched | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 touched | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 touched | advmod |
| 4 | touched | touch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 informed | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 informed | cc |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 adult | det |
| 8 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 informed | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 informed | aux:pass |
| 10 | informed | inform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 touched | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch | present · passive | It | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | |||||
| 2 | inform speech: other | present · passive | a adult | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 2
It is carried home to show a parent
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 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 carried | aux:pass |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 show | mark |
| 6 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 carried | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 parent | det |
| 8 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present · passive | It | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary home=Value | |||||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | a parent | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
Option 3
It is collected with care and placed in the nearest bin
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 collected | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 collected | aux:pass |
| 3 | collected | collect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 care | case |
| 5 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 collected | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 placed | cc |
| 7 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 collected | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 bin | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bin | det |
| 10 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 bin | amod |
| 11 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 placed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collect | present · passive | It | with care | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with care=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | place | participle | the nearest bin | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in bin=Destination |
Option 4
It is pushed aside with a shoe
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 pushed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pushed | aux:pass |
| 3 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | aside | aside | ADV | _ | 3 pushed | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 shoe | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shoe | det |
| 7 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pushed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | present · passive | It | with a shoe; aside property | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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