Exam question 1 · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the danger of a swallowed button battery?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, swallow · To what, where: danger

This is exam question 1 of lesson 312 «Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks» 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 danger	det
10	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 battery	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 battery	det
13	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 battery	amod
14	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 battery	compound
15	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 danger	nmod
16	?	?	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 danger of a swallowed button battery	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	swallow	participle			vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

It may burn through the throat within hours and needs hospital at once

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	3 burn	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 burn	aux
3	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 throat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 throat	det
6	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burn	obl
7	within	within	ADP	_	8 hours	case
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 burn	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 needs	cc
10	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 burn	conj
11	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 needs	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 needs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	may	It			the throat	hour		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through throat=Location
2	need	present		hospital					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hospital=Theme

Option 2

It is dangerous only to adults

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	3 dangerous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dangerous	cop
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 adults	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to adults; dangerous property	tree rules

Option 3

It passes harmlessly through the body within a day or two, and needs no treatment

The tree, 15 words

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 passes	nsubj
2	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	harmlessly	harmlessly	ADV	_	2 passes	advmod
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 body	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 body	det
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passes	obl
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 passes	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 two	cc
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 day	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 needs	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 needs	cc
14	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 passes	parataxis
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 treatment	det
16	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	It			the body	day	harmlessly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through body=Location
2	need	present		no treatment					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot treatment=Theme

Option 4

It is dangerous only if chewed

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	3 dangerous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dangerous	cop
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 chewed	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 chewed	mark
6	chewed	chew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dangerous	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					dangerous property	tree rules
2	chew a condition, not said to happen	participle							vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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