Exam question 2 · Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast

It being given that a toaster contains a stuck slice of bread, select the response consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: toaster · What happens: give, contain, select, establish, slice · To what, where: It, stuck slice, response, bread

This is exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast» 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	_	7 contains	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 toaster	det
6	toaster	toaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contains	nsubj
7	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 slice	det
9	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 slice	amod
10	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contains	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 bread	case
12	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 slice	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct
14	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 response	det
16	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 response	amod
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 guidance	case
19	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 guidance	amod
20	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 consistent	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	contain	present	a toaster	a stuck slice of bread	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot slice=Theme
3	select	infinitive		the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
4	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
5	slice			bread	nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient

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

A metal fork may be used if the toaster is switched off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fork	det
2	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fork	compound
3	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	nsubj:pass
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 used	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 used	aux:pass
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 switched	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 toaster	det
9	toaster	toaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 switched	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 switched	aux:pass
11	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 used	advcl
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 switched	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	may · passive		a metal fork					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	switch off a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		the toaster					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

A knife may be used provided it is held quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 knife	det
2	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 provided	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	aux:pass
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 knife	acl:relcl
6	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 held	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 held	aux:pass
9	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 provided	ccomp
10	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	9 held	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	may · passive		a knife not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»
2	provide	past	a knife			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	hold	present · passive		knife	quickly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

A wet cloth should be pushed inside to cool it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cloth	det
2	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cloth	amod
3	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pushed	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 pushed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 pushed	aux:pass
6	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	6 pushed	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 cool	mark
9	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pushed	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cool	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	should · passive		a wet cloth				inside property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	cool	to-infinitive		cloth					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A knife or fork must never be inserted, even when switched off at the wall

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 knife	det
2	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inserted	nsubj:pass
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 fork	cc
4	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knife	conj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 inserted	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 inserted	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 inserted	aux:pass
8	inserted	insert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 switched	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	12 switched	advmod
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 switched	mark
12	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 inserted	conj
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 switched	compound:prt
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 wall	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wall	det
16	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 switched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not insert	must · passive		a knife or fork					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	switch off	participle				the wall			vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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