Exam question 4 · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

Ascertain the reason for which scarves and clothing with cords are removed before using playground equipment.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, remove, use · To what, where: reason, scarves, playground equipment

This is exam question 4 of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 scarves	det
6	scarves	scarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 removed	nsubj:pass
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 clothing	cc
8	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scarves	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 cords	case
10	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clothing	nmod
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 removed	aux:pass
12	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 using	mark
14	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 removed	advcl
15	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 equipment	compound
16	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 using	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	remove	present · passive		which scarves and clothing with cords	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	use	gerund		playground equipment	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equipment=Patient

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 become dirty on the equipment and must be laundered

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	2 become	nsubj
2	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 become	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 equipment	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 equipment	det
6	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dirty	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 laundered	cc
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 laundered	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 laundered	aux:pass
10	laundered	launder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dirty	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	They					dirty property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	launder	must · passive	They not said here						tree rules

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

They may catch and cause strangulation

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 catch	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 catch	aux
3	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cause	cc
5	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 catch	conj
6	strangulation	strangulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	may	They						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	cause	infinitive	They not said here	strangulation					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition strangulation=Patient

Option 3

They slow children down on the slides considerably

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	2 slow	nsubj
2	slow	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slow	obj
4	down	down	ADV	_	2 slow	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 slides	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 slides	det
7	slides	slide	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slow	obl
8	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	2 slow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow down	present	They	children		the slides		considerably, down property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent child=Patient

Option 4

They are against the rules of schools only

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	5 rules	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rules	cop
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 rules	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rules	det
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 schools	case
7	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rules	nmod
8	only	only	ADV	_	5 rules	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					against the rules; of schools	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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