Exam question 3 · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground

Select the response consistent with established practice upon finding a cartridge or flare on the ground.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established practice · What happens: select, establish, find · To what, where: response, cartridge, ground

This is exam question 3 of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» 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	11 cartridge	det
11	cartridge	cartridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finding	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 flare	cc
13	flare	flare	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cartridge	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 ground	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ground	det
16	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cartridge	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 cartridge or flare	the ground	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cartridge=Topic

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 thrown into a fire in order to dispose of it safely

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 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 fire	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 dispose	mark
10	dispose	dispose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thrown	advcl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dispose	obl
13	safely	safely	ADV	_	10 dispose	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present · passive		It				into a fire result; in order	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into fire=Result
2	dispose	to-infinitive						of order; safely property	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent

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

It is not touched, as it may explode, and an adult is told

The tree, 13 words

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	_	9 explode	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 explode	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 explode	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 explode	aux
9	explode	explode	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 touched	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 told	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 told	cc
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 told	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 told	aux:pass
15	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 touched	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not touch	present · passive		It	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme
2	explode	may	it		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	present · passive		a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

It is collected and kept as a souvenir

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	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 kept	cc
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 collected	conj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 souvenir	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 souvenir	det
8	souvenir	souvenir	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	present · passive		It					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	keep	participle						as a souvenir	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is opened to inspect it

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 opened	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 opened	aux:pass
3	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 inspect	mark
5	inspect	inspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 opened	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 inspect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present · passive		It					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	inspect	to-infinitive		it					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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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