Exam question 2 · Accidents told too late

Identify the principal reason for which a spillage ought to be reported without delay.

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

This is exam question 2 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	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	12 reported	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spillage	det
8	spillage	spillage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reported	nsubj:pass
9	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 reported	aux
10	to	to	PART	_	12 reported	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 reported	aux:pass
12	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
13	without	without	ADP	_	14 delay	case
14	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reported	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	report	ought · passive	you not said here	a spillage				for the principal reason; without delay	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for which=Theme

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 be remedied more readily whilst fresh

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	4 remedied	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remedied	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 remedied	aux:pass
4	remedied	remedy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 readily	advmod
6	readily	readily	ADV	_	4 remedied	advmod
7	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	8 fresh	case
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 remedied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remedy	may · passive		It				whilst fresh; readily property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2

It may thereby be concealed far more effectively

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	5 concealed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 concealed	aux
3	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 concealed	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 concealed	aux:pass
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 more	advmod
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 concealed	advmod
8	effectively	effectively	ADV	_	5 concealed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	may · passive		It				effectively, thereby property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Delay has no bearing whatsoever upon the remedy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 bearing	det
4	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 has	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 remedy	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 remedy	det
8	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Delay	no bearing				upon the remedy; whatsoever property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient

Option 4

It ceases to be a spillage after a short interval

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 ceases	nsubj
2	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 spillage	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 spillage	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spillage	det
6	spillage	spillage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	xcomp
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 interval	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 interval	det
9	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 interval	amod
10	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	It				after a short interval		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is a	to-infinitive		a spillage					tree rules

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