Exam question 2 · Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises fingers stuck together with super glue?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, stick together · To what, where: fingers
This is exam question 2 of lesson 245 «Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles» 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 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obj |
| 10 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 fingers | acl |
| 11 | together | together | ADV | _ | 10 stuck | advmod |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 glue | case |
| 13 | super | super | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 glue | amod |
| 14 | glue | glue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stuck | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | fingers | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stick together | participle | fingers not said here | with super glue; together property | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with glue=Instrument |
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 · ✓ the right answer
They are soaked in warm soapy water and gently rolled apart
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 soaked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 soaked | aux:pass |
| 3 | soaked | soak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 5 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 6 | soapy | soapy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 soaked | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 rolled | cc |
| 9 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 10 rolled | advmod |
| 10 | rolled | roll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 soaked | conj |
| 11 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 10 rolled | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soak | present · passive | They | in warm soapy water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in water=Theme | ||||
| 2 | roll | participle | apart, gently property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
They are pulled apart forcefully at once
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 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pulled | aux:pass |
| 3 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 3 pulled | advmod |
| 5 | forcefully | forcefully | ADV | _ | 3 pulled | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull apart | present · passive | They | apart, forcefully property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at once=Asset |
Option 3
They are separated with a sharp pair of scissors
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 separated | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 separated | aux:pass |
| 3 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 pair | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pair | det |
| 6 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pair | amod |
| 7 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 separated | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 scissors | case |
| 9 | scissors | scissors | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pair | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | separate | present · passive | They | with a sharp pair of scissors | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
They are left until the glue has dissolved of its own accord overnight
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 left | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 left | aux:pass |
| 3 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 dissolved | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 glue | det |
| 6 | glue | glue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dissolved | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dissolved | aux |
| 8 | dissolved | dissolve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 left | advcl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 accord | case |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 accord | nmod:poss |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 accord | amod |
| 12 | accord | accord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dissolved | obl |
| 13 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 8 dissolved | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present · passive | They | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | dissolve | present · perfect | the glue | of glue's own accord; overnight property | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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