Exam question 4 · Crafts: scissors, glue, paint and needles

Ascertain the reason for which needles used in sewing are counted back into a pincushion.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, use, count back · To what, where: reason, needles, sewing, pincushion

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 counted	obl
6	needles	needle	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 counted	nsubj:pass
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 needles	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 sewing	case
9	sewing	sewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 used	obl
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 counted	aux:pass
11	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 counted	advmod
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 pincushion	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pincushion	det
15	pincushion	pincushion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 counted	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	use	participle		needles not said here	sewing		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	count back	present · passive		needles	a pincushion	for the reason	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

So that they remain sharp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 remain	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 remain	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remain	nsubj
4	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	they					sharp property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

So that they do not rust when left in a damp room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	6 rust	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 rust	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rust	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rust	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 rust	advmod
6	rust	rust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 left	advmod
8	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 rust	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 room	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 room	det
11	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 room	amod
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not rust	present · do-support	they						vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	participle	they not said here					in a damp room result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in room=Result

Option 3

So that the teacher may count them at the end of each lesson

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	6 count	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 count	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 count	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 count	aux
6	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 count	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 count	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 lesson	case
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 lesson	det
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	may	the teacher	them = they			at the end of each lesson		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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

So that none remain to prick people or pets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 remain	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 remain	mark
3	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	4 remain	nsubj
4	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 prick	mark
6	prick	prick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 remain	xcomp
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 prick	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 pets	cc
9	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 people	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	none						tree rules
2	prick	to-infinitive	none not said here	people or pets					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=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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