Exam question 1 · Accidents told too late

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the concealment of an overflow of bath water.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, bath water · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, conceal, overflow · To what, where: response, concealment, overflow

This is exam question 1 of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 concealment	det
13	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 overflow	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 overflow	det
16	overflow	overflow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concealment	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 water	case
18	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 water	compound
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 overflow	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the concealment of a overflow of bath water		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus concealment=Experiencer
5	conceal			a overflow of bath water		nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient
6	overflow		bath water			nom overflow «act intransitive»: of=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

Water may penetrate the floor and damage the ceiling of the room beneath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 penetrate	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 penetrate	aux
3	penetrate	penetrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 penetrate	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 damage	cc
7	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 penetrate	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ceiling	det
9	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 damage	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 room	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 room	det
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ceiling	nmod
13	beneath	beneath	PUNCT	_	3 penetrate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	penetrate	may	Water	the floor					vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floor=Patient
2	damage	infinitive	Water not said here	the ceiling of the room					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceiling=Patient

Option 2

Overflows occasion no damage whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overflows	overflow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occasion	nsubj
2	occasion	occasion	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 damage	det
4	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occasion	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 occasion	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	present	Overflows	no damage				whatsoever property	tree rules

Option 3

Concealed water evaporates overnight without consequence of any kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 evaporates	nsubj
3	evaporates	evaporate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	3 evaporates	advmod
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 consequence	case
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 evaporates	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 kind	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 kind	det
9	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	participle							vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	evaporate	present	Concealed water					without consequence of any kind; overnight property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Towels invariably absorb the entire quantity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Towels	towel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 absorb	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 absorb	advmod
3	absorb	absorb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 quantity	det
5	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 quantity	amod
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 absorb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb	present	Towels	the entire quantity				invariably property	vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal quantity=Theme

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