Exam question 1 · Litter and caring for nature
Identify the appropriate disposal of a snack wrapper where no bin is nearby.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, bin · What happens: identify, be · To what, where: appropriate disposal
This is exam question 1 of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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 disposal | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 disposal | amod |
| 4 | disposal | disposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wrapper | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 wrapper | det |
| 7 | snack | snack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wrapper | compound |
| 8 | wrapper | wrapper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 disposal | nmod |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 nearby | advmod |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 bin | det |
| 11 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 nearby | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 nearby | cop |
| 13 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 8 wrapper | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | 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 appropriate disposal of a snack wrapper | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent disposal=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | no bin | nearby property | tree rules |
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 hidden deep within a hedge beside the path
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 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hidden | aux:pass |
| 3 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | deep | deep | ADV | _ | 3 hidden | advmod |
| 5 | within | within | ADP | _ | 7 hedge | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hedge | det |
| 7 | hedge | hedge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hidden | obl |
| 8 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 10 path | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 path | det |
| 10 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hedge | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · passive | It | within a hedge beside the path; deep property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
It is buried beneath the soil
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 buried | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 buried | aux:pass |
| 3 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 6 soil | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 soil | det |
| 6 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 buried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | present · passive | It | the soil | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme beneath soil=Destination |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is kept in one's pocket or bag until a bin is found
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 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kept | aux:pass |
| 3 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 pocket | case |
| 5 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pocket | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 one | case |
| 7 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kept | obl | ||
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 bag | cc |
| 9 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pocket | conj |
| 10 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 14 found | mark |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bin | det |
| 12 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 found | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 found | aux:pass |
| 14 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 kept | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present · passive | It | one's pocket or bag | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in pocket=Location | ||||
| 2 | find | present · passive | a bin | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 4
It is dropped in a place where it cannot be seen by others
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 dropped | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 dropped | aux:pass |
| 3 | dropped | drop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 place | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 place | det |
| 6 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dropped | obl |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 seen | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 seen | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 seen | advmod |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 seen | aux:pass |
| 12 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 place | acl:relcl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 others | case |
| 14 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 seen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | present · passive | It | a place | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in place=Destination | ||||
| 2 | not see | can · passive | others | place | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |
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