Exam question 3 · The night sky and outdoor myths

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning frostbitten skin.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, frostbitten skin

This is exam question 3 of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» 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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	frostbitten	frostbitten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 skin	amod
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	frostbitten skin		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus skin=Experiencer

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 left exposed to the cold until the feeling returns

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 exposed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exposed	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 exposed	aux:pass
4	exposed	expose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 cold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cold	det
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 exposed	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 returns	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feeling	det
10	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 returns	nsubj
11	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exposed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expose	present · passive		It	the cold				vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to cold=Recipient
2	return	present	the feeling						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It is warmed slowly and is never rubbed with snow

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 warmed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 warmed	aux:pass
3	warmed	warm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 warmed	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rubbed	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rubbed	aux:pass
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 rubbed	advmod
8	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 warmed	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 snow	case
10	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rubbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	present · passive		It				slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	not rub	present · passive						with snow	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: with snow=Theme

Option 3

It is rubbed vigorously with snow

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 rubbed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rubbed	aux:pass
3	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	_	3 rubbed	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 snow	case
6	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rubbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	present · passive		It				with snow; vigorously property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with snow=Theme

Option 4

It is placed at once in very hot water

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 placed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 placed	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 hot	advmod
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		It		hot water			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at once=Destination

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