Exam question 3 · Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom

Select the response consistent with established practice concerning sparklers.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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	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	_	9 sparklers	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 sparklers	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sparklers	compound
8	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sparklers	amod
9	sparklers	sparkler	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
10	.	.	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

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 placed in a pocket when finished

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 placed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pocket	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pocket	det
6	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 placed	obl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 finished	advmod
8	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 placed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		They		a pocket			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in pocket=Destination
2	finish	participle							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They are held close to the face to be seen

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 held	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 held	aux:pass
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 held	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 face	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 face	det
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	10 seen	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 seen	aux:pass
10	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 held	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		They				to the face; close property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive · passive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are held with gloves at arm's length and placed in water when finished

The tree, 15 words

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 held	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 held	aux:pass
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 gloves	case
5	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 held	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 length	case
7	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 length	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 arm	case
9	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 placed	cc
11	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 held	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 water	case
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 placed	obl
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 finished	advmod
15	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 placed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive	They	arm's length	with gloves	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at length=Location
2	place	participle		water		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in water=Destination
3	finish	participle				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

They are lit in the hands of small children

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 lit	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lit	aux:pass
3	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hands	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hands	det
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lit	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 children	case
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 children	amod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hands	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lit	present · passive		They		the hands of small children			tree rules

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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