Exam question 4 · Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing

Ascertain the reason for which the hands are wetted before a fish is released.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, wett, release · To what, where: reason, hands, fish

This is exam question 4 of lesson 250 «Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing» 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	9 wetted	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hands	det
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wetted	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wetted	aux:pass
9	wetted	wett	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 released	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fish	det
12	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 released	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 released	aux:pass
14	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 wetted	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	wett	present · passive		the hands	for the reason	tree rules
3	release	present · passive		a fish		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

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

Wet hands grip the fish more tightly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hands	amod
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grip	nsubj
3	grip	grip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grip	obj
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 tightly	advmod
7	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	3 grip	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grip	present	Wet hands	the fish				tightly property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Experiencer

Option 2

It cleans the hands of bait

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	2 cleans	nsubj
2	cleans	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hands	det
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cleans	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 bait	case
6	bait	bait	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hands	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	present	It	the hands of bait					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 3

Fish prefer to be handled cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	nsubj
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 handled	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 handled	aux:pass
5	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 prefer	ccomp
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 handled	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	Fish						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	handle not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	Fish not said here					cold property	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»

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

Dry hands damage the fish's slime coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hands	amod
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 damage	nsubj
3	damage	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coat	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 fish	case
7	slime	slime	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coat	compound
8	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 damage	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	present	Dry hands	the fish's slime coat					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=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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