Exam question 2 · Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel…

Identify the principal reason for which a toddler who has become quiet should be checked.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, toddler · What happens: identify, become, check · To what, where: principal reason, toddler

This is exam question 2 of lesson 322 «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks» 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	15 checked	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 toddler	det
8	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 checked	nsubj:pass
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 become	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 become	aux
11	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 toddler	acl:relcl
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 become	xcomp
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 checked	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 checked	aux:pass
15	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
16	.	.	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	become	present · perfect	a toddler		quiet property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	check	should · passive		a toddler	for the principal reason	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for which=Attribute

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

Quiet toddlers are often getting into something dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 toddlers	amod
2	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 getting	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 getting	aux
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 getting	advmod
5	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 getting	obl
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 something	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · progressive	Quiet toddlers			something		often property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into something=Destination

Option 2

Quiet toddlers are invariably asleep, and should be woken for their meals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 toddlers	amod
2	toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 asleep	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 asleep	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 asleep	advmod
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 woken	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 woken	cc
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 woken	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 woken	aux:pass
10	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 asleep	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 meals	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 meals	nmod:poss
13	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 woken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Quiet toddlers					asleep, invariably property	tree rules
2	wake	should · passive	Quiet toddlers not said here					for toddlers's meals	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»

Option 3

Silence indicates illness in every case

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 case	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 case	det
6	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	Silence	illness		every case			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot illness=Topic

Option 4

Toddlers must be woken regularly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toddlers	toddler	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 woken	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 woken	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 woken	aux:pass
4	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	regularly	regularly	ADV	_	4 woken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	must · passive		Toddlers				regularly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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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