Exam question 2 · Wasting food and water

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the leaving of a tap running whilst brushing the teeth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tap · What happens: follow, characteris, leave, run, brush · To what, where: tap, teeth

This is exam question 2 of lesson 360 «Wasting food and water» 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	13 tap	det
10	leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 tap	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 tap	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tap	det
13	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
14	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 tap	acl
15	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	16 brushing	mark
16	brushing	brush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 running	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 teeth	det
18	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 brushing	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the tap	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	leave	gerund				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	run	gerund	the tap not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	brush	gerund	the tap not said here	the teeth		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=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

It wastes no water whatsoever, since all of it is recycled back into the tap

The tree, 15 words

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 wastes	nsubj
2	wastes	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wastes	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 wastes	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 recycled	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 recycled	mark
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 recycled	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 all	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 recycled	aux:pass
12	recycled	recycle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wastes	parataxis
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 recycled	advmod
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 tap	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tap	det
16	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 recycled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waste	present	It	no water				whatsoever property	vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument water=Patient
2	recycle back	present · passive		all		the tap			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It wastes a considerable volume of water each minute

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 wastes	nsubj
2	wastes	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 volume	det
4	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 volume	amod
5	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wastes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 volume	nmod
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 minute	det
9	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wastes	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waste	present	It	a considerable volume of water			minute		vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument volume=Patient

Option 3

It improves the efficacy of toothpaste

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 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 efficacy	det
4	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 toothpaste	case
6	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 efficacy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the efficacy of toothpaste					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent efficacy=Patient

Option 4

It is necessary for dental hygiene

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 necessary	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 necessary	cop
3	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 hygiene	case
5	dental	dental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hygiene	amod
6	hygiene	hygiene	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 necessary	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						for dental hygiene; necessary property	tree rules

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