Exam question 4 · Helpers in town and building sites

State the reason for which entry within the perimeter fence of a construction site is prohibited.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: prohibit · To what, where: State reason

This is exam question 4 of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 prohibited	nsubj:pass
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 entry	case
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 entry	det
6	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	nmod
7	within	within	ADP	_	10 fence	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fence	det
9	perimeter	perimeter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fence	compound
10	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 entry	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 site	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 site	det
13	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 site	compound
14	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fence	nmod
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 prohibited	aux:pass
16	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 prohibited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		the State reason for which entry within the perimeter fence of a construction site					vn forbid-64.4-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

Entry merely delays the completion of the works by the builders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delays	nsubj
2	merely	merely	ADV	_	3 delays	advmod
3	delays	delay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 completion	det
5	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delays	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 works	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 works	det
8	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 completion	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 builders	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 builders	det
11	builders	builder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 delays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delay	present	Entry	the completion of the works				by the builders; merely property	vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent completion=Source
2	complete			the works					nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Machinery, excavations and falling objects are dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Machinery	machinery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dangerous	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 excavations	punct
3	excavations	excavation	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Machinery	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 falling	cc
5	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Machinery	conj
6	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 falling	obj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dangerous	cop
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund	Machinery and excavations not said here	objects					vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient object=Result
2	is	present	Machinery and excavations					dangerous property	tree rules

Option 3

The site is the private garden of the workers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 site	det
2	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 garden	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 garden	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
5	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 garden	amod
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 workers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 workers	det
9	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 garden	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the site	the private garden				of the workers	tree rules

Option 4

The materials stored there are of great value

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 materials	det
2	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stored	nsubj
3	stored	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 are	expl
5	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stored	ccomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 value	case
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 value	amod
8	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 are	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	past	the materials						tree rules
2	be	present	the materials not said here			there		of great value	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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