Exam question 4 · Holidays of the region

Ascertain the reason for which a sparkler is particularly hazardous.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, sparkler · What happens: ascertain, be · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 4 of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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	10 hazardous	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sparkler	det
7	sparkler	sparkler	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hazardous	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hazardous	cop
9	particularly	particularly	ADV	_	10 hazardous	advmod
10	hazardous	hazardous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reason	acl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	is	present	a sparkler					for the reason; hazardous, particularly property	tree rules

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

It is cold enough to freeze skin

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	3 cold	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cold	cop
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	enough	enough	ADV	_	3 cold	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 freeze	mark
6	freeze	freeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cold	advcl
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 freeze	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					cold, enough property	tree rules
2	freeze	to-infinitive		skin					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient skin=Result

Option 2

It explodes like a rocket when it is lit by an adult

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 explodes	nsubj
2	explodes	explode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 rocket	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rocket	det
5	rocket	rocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explodes	obl
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 lit	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lit	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lit	aux:pass
9	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 explodes	advcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 adult	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explode	present	It					like a rocket	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lit	present · passive	a adult	rocket					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It burns much hotter than a cooking flame

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 burns	nsubj
2	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	much	much	ADV	_	4 hotter	advmod
4	hotter	hot	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 burns	xcomp
5	than	than	ADP	_	8 flame	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 flame	det
7	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flame	compound
8	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hotter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	It					hot property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It produces no heat whatever

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 produces	nsubj
2	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 heat	det
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 produces	obj
5	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 produces	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	It	no heat					tree rules

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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