Exam question 1 · Safe toys and fair board games

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an age label such as «3+» upon a toy?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: age label

This is exam question 1 of lesson 302 «Safe toys and fair board games» 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	1 Which	nmod
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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 label	det
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 label	compound
11	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 label	amod
13	as	as	ADP	_	12 such	fixed
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 3	punct
15	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 label	nmod
16	+	+	SYM	_	15 3	advmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 3	punct
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 toy	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 toy	det
20	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a age label 3				upon a toy; accurately 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 indicates the toy's price in pounds

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toy	det
4	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 price	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 toy	case
6	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 pounds	case
8	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 price	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	the toy's price		pounds			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot price=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It warns that the toy may be dangerous for younger children

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 warns	nsubj
2	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 dangerous	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 toy	det
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dangerous	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 dangerous	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 dangerous	cop
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 warns	ccomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 children	case
10	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 children	amod
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	It						vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	is	may	the toy					for younger children; dangerous property	tree rules

Option 3

It indicates that the toy is intended for three players or more

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 intended	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 toy	det
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 intended	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 intended	aux:pass
7	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 players	case
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 players	nummod
10	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 intended	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 more	cc
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 players	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	intend	present · passive		the toy				for three players	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

It shows the minimum number of batteries

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 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 number	det
4	minimum	minimum	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 number	amod
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 batteries	case
7	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 number	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It	the minimum number of batteries					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient

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