Exam question 4 · Simple cooking and a healthy breakfast

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning the opening of a hot container.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established guidance · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, opening

This is exam question 4 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	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	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 guidance	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 opening	det
12	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 container	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 container	det
15	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 container	amod
16	container	container	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 opening	nmod
17	.	.	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 established guidance; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	established guidance not said here	the opening of a hot container		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus opening=Experiencer

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

The lid should never be opened until it is cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lid	det
2	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opened	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 opened	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 opened	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 opened	aux:pass
6	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 cold	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cold	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 cold	cop
10	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 opened	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not open	should · passive		the lid					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	lid					cold property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The lid should be opened towards the face to check the food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lid	det
2	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opened	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 opened	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 opened	aux:pass
5	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 face	det
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opened	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 check	mark
10	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 opened	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 food	det
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	should · passive		the lid				towards the face	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient towards face=Recipient
2	check	to-infinitive		the food					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 3

The lid should be removed rapidly with bare hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lid	det
2	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 removed	aux:pass
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	5 removed	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hands	case
8	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hands	amod
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	should · passive		the lid				with bare hands; rapidly property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The lid should be opened away from the face, steam being capable of burning

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lid	det
2	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opened	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 opened	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 opened	aux:pass
5	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 opened	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 face	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 face	det
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opened	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 steam	punct
11	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 face	conj
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 capable	cop
13	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 steam	amod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 burning	case
15	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 capable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open away	should · passive		the lid		the face and steam		away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	gerund						of burning; capable property	tree rules

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