Exam question 1 · Airports and planes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the treatment by airport authorities of remarks concerning explosives or weapons?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, concern · To what, where: treatment

This is exam question 1 of lesson 271 «Airports and planes» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 treatment	det
10	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 authorities	case
12	airport	airport	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 authorities	compound
13	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 remarks	case
15	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 authorities	nmod
16	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 explosives	amod
17	explosives	explosive	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 remarks	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 weapons	cc
19	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 remarks	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the treatment	of the following statements; by airport authorities of remarks and concerning explosives or weapons; accurately property	tree rules
3	concern	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 · ← Mova's choice

Such remarks are referred only to the airline, which may then impose a fine

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remarks	amod
2	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 referred	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 referred	aux:pass
4	referred	refer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 airline	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 airline	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 airline	det
8	airline	airline	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 referred	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 impose	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 impose	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 impose	aux
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 impose	advmod
13	impose	impose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 airline	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fine	det
15	fine	fine	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 impose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refer	present · passive		Such remarks	the airline				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to airline=Recipient
2	impose	may	the airline	a fine			then		vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Theme

Option 2

Such remarks are disregarded if made by a minor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remarks	amod
2	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disregarded	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disregarded	aux:pass
4	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 made	mark
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 disregarded	advcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 minor	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 minor	det
9	minor	minor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	present · passive		Such remarks					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	make a condition, not said to happen	participle						by a minor	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Such remarks are treated as genuine threats and may result in arrest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remarks	amod
2	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 treated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 treated	aux:pass
4	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 threats	case
6	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 threats	amod
7	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 treated	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 result	cc
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 result	aux
10	result	result	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 treated	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 arrest	case
12	arrest	arrest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 result	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	present · passive		Such remarks				as genuine threats	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as threat=Attribute
2	result	may				arrest			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arrest=Location

Option 4

Such remarks are permitted provided they are made in jest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remarks	amod
2	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 permitted	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 permitted	aux:pass
4	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 permitted	xcomp
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 made	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 made	aux:pass
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 permitted	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 jest	case
10	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	permit	present · passive	Such remarks		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	provide not said to happen	participle			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	make	present · passive	remarks = remark	jest	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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