Exam question 2 · Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking

Identify the principal reason for which scarves and cords are removed before using a climbing frame.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, remove, use · To what, where: principal reason, scarves, climbing frame

This is exam question 2 of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 removed	obl
7	scarves	scarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 removed	nsubj:pass
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cords	cc
9	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scarves	conj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 removed	aux:pass
11	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 using	mark
13	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 removed	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 frame	det
15	climbing	climbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 frame	compound
16	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 using	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	remove	present · passive		scarves and cords	for the principal reason	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	use	gerund		a climbing frame		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frame=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

They may catch and strangle a child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 catch	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 catch	aux
3	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 strangle	cc
5	strangle	strangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 catch	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strangle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	may	They						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	strangle	infinitive	They not said here	a child					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient

Option 2

They are prohibited by park rules for appearance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 rules	case
5	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rules	compound
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 appearance	case
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	park rules	They				for appearance	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 3

They become dirty upon the equipment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 become	nsubj
2	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 become	xcomp
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 equipment	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 equipment	det
6	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dirty	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	They					dirty property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

They slow the child's climbing considerably

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slow	nsubj
2	slow	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 climbing	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 child	case
6	climbing	climbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slow	obj
7	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	2 slow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow	present	They	the child's climbing				considerably property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent climbing=Patient
2	climb		the child						nom climbing «event transitive»: poss=agent

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