Exam question 3 · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

Identify the precaution recommended in respect of shoes, gloves and clothing left out of doors.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, clothing · What happens: identify, recommend, leave out, respect · To what, where: precaution, respect, doors, shoes

This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» 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	3 precaution	det
3	precaution	precaution	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 precaution	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recommended	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 shoes	case
8	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 respect	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gloves	punct
10	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shoes	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 clothing	cc
12	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shoes	conj
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 clothing	acl
14	out	out	ADP	_	16 doors	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 doors	case
16	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 left	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the precaution		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent precaution=Theme
2	recommend	participle		the precaution not said here	respect of shoes and gloves and clothing	vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	leave out	participle	clothing not said here	doors		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme
4	respect			shoes and gloves and clothing		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 should be sprayed with water before being worn

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	4 sprayed	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sprayed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 sprayed	aux:pass
4	sprayed	spray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sprayed	obl
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 worn	mark
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 worn	aux:pass
9	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sprayed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spray	should · passive		They				with water	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with water=Theme
2	wear	gerund · passive							vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»

Option 2

They should be left out for a further night

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	4 left	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 left	compound:prt
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 night	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 night	det
8	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 night	amod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave out	should · passive		They			night		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They should be worn immediately to keep them warm

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	4 worn	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 worn	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 worn	aux:pass
4	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	4 worn	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 worn	advcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	should · passive		They				immediately property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	keep	to-infinitive		them = they				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They should be shaken out before being worn

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	4 shaken	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 shaken	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 shaken	aux:pass
4	shaken	shake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 shaken	compound:prt
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 worn	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 worn	aux:pass
8	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 shaken	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake out	should · passive		They					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient
2	wear	gerund · passive							vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»

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