Exam question 3 · Electricity at home

It being given that a power line has fallen to the ground, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: power line · What happens: give, fall, select, establish · To what, where: It, course

This is exam question 3 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 fallen	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 line	det
6	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 line	compound
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fallen	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fallen	aux
9	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 given	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 ground	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ground	det
12	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fallen	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct
14	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 action	case
18	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 action	amod
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 guidance	case
21	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 guidance	amod
22	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 consistent	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fall	present · perfect	a power line		to the ground	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme
3	select	infinitive		the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 right answer

To remain far away, the line possibly being live, and to inform an adult

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 away	advmod
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 remain	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 line	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 line	det
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	conj
8	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	10 live	advmod
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 live	cop
10	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 line	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 inform	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 inform	cc
13	to	to	PART	_	14 inform	mark
14	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 remain	conj
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 adult	det
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	to whom	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive		away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	gerund		live, possibly property	tree rules
3	inform speech: other	to-infinitive	a adult		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To touch the line to ascertain whether it is live

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 touch	mark
2	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 line	det
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touch	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 ascertain	mark
6	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 touch	advcl
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	10 live	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 live	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 live	cop
10	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ascertain	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	touch	to-infinitive		the line		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme line=Co-Theme
2	ascertain	to-infinitive				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	line		live property	tree rules

Option 3

To move the line aside with a dry stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 move	mark
2	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 line	det
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obj
5	aside	aside	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 stick	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stick	det
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stick	amod
9	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	to-infinitive		the line				with a dry stick; aside property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent line=Theme

Option 4

To approach the line in rubber shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 approach	mark
2	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 line	det
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 approach	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 shoes	case
6	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shoes	compound
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 approach	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	to-infinitive		the line		rubber shoes			vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme

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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