Exam question 2 · Safe toys for you and little ones

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises two swallowed magnets?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, swallow · To what, where: two swallowed magnets

This is exam question 2 of lesson 241 «Safe toys for you and little ones» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 magnets	nummod
10	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 magnets	amod
11	magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	two swallowed magnets	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	swallow	participle			vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 pass through the body without any effect whatever

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 pass	nsubj
2	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 body	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 body	det
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pass	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 effect	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 effect	det
8	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pass	obl
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 effect	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	They			the body		without any effect	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through body=Location

Option 2

They dissolve in the stomach

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 dissolve	nsubj
2	dissolve	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 stomach	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stomach	det
5	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present	They			the stomach			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

They are harmless if small

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 harmless	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 small	mark
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 harmless	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					harmless property	tree rules
2	be a condition, not said to happen		They not said here						tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They may join through the gut wall and cause serious injury

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 join	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 join	aux
3	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	7 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
6	gut	gut	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wall	compound
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 join	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cause	cc
9	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 join	conj
10	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 injury	amod
11	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	may	They			the gut wall			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	cause	present	They not said here	serious injury					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient

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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