Exam question 1 · Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom

Identify the proper course of action upon finding matches or a lighter.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: proper course

This is exam question 1 of lesson 219 «Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom» 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 course	det
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 matches	case
8	finding	finding	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 matches	compound
9	matches	match	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 lighter	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lighter	det
12	lighter	lighter	NOUN	_	9 matches	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the proper course of action				upon finding matches or a lighter	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=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

They are hidden in a drawer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hidden	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hidden	aux:pass
3	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 drawer	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 drawer	det
6	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · passive		They		a drawer			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in drawer=Location

Option 2

They are thrown in the bin at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 bin	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bin	det
6	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present · passive		They		the bin			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in bin=Destination

Option 3

They are tested with care to see whether they work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tested	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tested	aux:pass
3	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 care	case
5	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tested	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tested	advcl
8	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	10 work	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 work	nsubj
10	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	test	present · passive		They	with care	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	work	present	they			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are not touched but given to an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 touched	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur 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	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 given	cc
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 touched	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 adult	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not touch	present · passive		They					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme
2	give	participle			a adult				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to adult=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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