Exam question 1 · Mia gets the newest console

Identify the principal reason for which the console of the pupil Mia emitted a loud noise from its fan.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, console · What happens: identify, emit · To what, where: principal reason, loud noise, fan

This is exam question 1 of lesson 396 «Mia gets the newest console» 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	13 emitted	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 console	det
8	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 emitted	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 pupil	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pupil	det
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 console	nmod
12	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 pupil	appos
13	emitted	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 noise	det
15	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 noise	amod
16	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 emitted	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 fan	case
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 fan	nmod:poss
19	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 emitted	obl
20	.	.	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	emit	past	the console of the pupil	a loud noise		console's fan		for the principal reason	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source noise=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 was warm and required space around it for ventilation

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 warm	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 warm	cop
3	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 required	cc
5	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 warm	conj
6	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	obj
7	around	around	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 space	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 ventilation	case
10	ventilation	ventilation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					warm property	tree rules
2	require	participle		space		space		for ventilation	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme space=Precondition

Option 2

It had been damaged by orange squash spilled upon it earlier

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 damaged	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 damaged	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 damaged	aux:pass
4	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 squash	case
6	orange	orange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 squash	amod
7	squash	squash	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damaged	obl
8	spilled	spill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 squash	acl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 spilled	obl
11	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 spilled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	past · perfect · passive	orange squash	It					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	spill	participle		orange squash not said here		squash		early property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon it=Location

Option 3

It was operating in a defective manner from purchase

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 operating	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 operating	aux
3	operating	operate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 manner	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 manner	det
6	defective	defective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 manner	amod
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 operating	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 purchase	case
9	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 operating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	operate	past · progressive	It			a defective manner		from purchase	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It was about to explode imminently

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 about	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 about	cop
3	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 explode	mark
5	explode	explode	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 about	xcomp
6	imminently	imminently	ADV	_	5 explode	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					about property	tree rules
2	explode	to-infinitive						imminently property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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