Exam question 4 · Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home

State the measure appropriate following a steamy bath or shower.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, follow · To what, where: measure

This is exam question 4 of lesson 295 «Scissors, toddlers, medicines, fire and damp at home» 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	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 measure	det
3	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bath	amod
5	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 bath	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bath	det
7	steamy	steamy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bath	amod
8	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 shower	cc
10	shower	shower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bath	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the measure					tree rules
2	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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

The towels shall be left upon the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 towels	det
2	towels	towel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 left	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	shall · passive		the towels		the floor			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme upon floor=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The mirror shall be covered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mirror	det
2	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 covered	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 covered	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 covered	aux:pass
5	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	shall · passive		the mirror					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 3

The windows shall be sealed in order to retain the heat and the steam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 windows	det
2	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sealed	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sealed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sealed	aux:pass
5	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 retain	mark
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 retain	mark
9	retain	retain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sealed	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 heat	det
11	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 retain	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 steam	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 steam	det
14	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	shall · passive		the windows					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	retain	to-infinitive		the heat and the steam					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The fan shall be turned on and the door opened, since damp air grows mould

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fan	det
2	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 turned	aux:pass
5	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 turned	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 opened	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 opened	nsubj
10	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 grows	punct
12	since	since	SCONJ	_	15 grows	mark
13	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 air	amod
14	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grows	nsubj
15	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 turned	conj
16	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	turn on	shall · passive		the fan	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	open	past	the door		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	grow	present	damp air	mould	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mould=Theme

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