Exam question 1 · Electricity at home

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduction of electricity by wet skin?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, conduct · To what, where: conduction, electricity

This is exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Electricity 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	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 conduction	det
10	conduction	conduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 electricity	case
12	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduction	nmod
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 skin	case
14	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 skin	amod
15	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
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 conduction of electricity	of the following statements; by wet skin; accurately property	tree rules
3	conduct		electricity		nom conduction «phenomenon transitive»: of=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

Wet and dry skin conduct electricity equally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 skin	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 dry	cc
3	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wet	conj
4	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	nsubj
5	conduct	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	obj
7	equally	equally	ADV	_	5 conduct	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	present	Wet skin	electricity				equally property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Wet skin admits a far greater quantity of electricity into the body than dry skin

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 skin	amod
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admits	nsubj
3	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 quantity	det
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 greater	advmod
6	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 quantity	amod
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admits	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 electricity	case
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quantity	nmod
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 body	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 body	det
12	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admits	obl
13	than	than	ADP	_	15 skin	case
14	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 skin	amod
15	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present	Wet skin	a greater quantity of electricity		the body		than dry skin	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme

Option 3

Wet skin prevents electricity from entering the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 skin	amod
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prevents	nsubj
3	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prevents	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 entering	mark
6	entering	enter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 prevents	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 body	det
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 entering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	Wet skin	electricity					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer electricity=Theme
2	enter	gerund	Wet skin not said here	the body					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme body=Destination

Option 4

Wet skin conducts electricity only in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 skin	amod
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conducts	nsubj
3	conducts	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conducts	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 winter	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conducts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	present	Wet skin	electricity			winter		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme

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