Exam question 3 · Climbing trees and playgrounds

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the surface beneath playground climbing equipment.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, surface

This is exam question 3 of lesson 4 «Climbing trees and playgrounds» 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	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 surface	det
13	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	17 equipment	case
15	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 climbing	compound
16	climbing	climbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 equipment	compound
17	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 surface	nmod
18	.	.	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 the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the surface	beneath climbing equipment	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus surface=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 · ← Mova's choice

Grass is the only surface on which falls cause no injury

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 surface	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 surface	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 surface	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 surface	amod
5	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 cause	obl
8	falls	fall	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cause	nsubj
9	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 surface	acl:relcl
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 injury	det
11	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Grass	the only surface					tree rules
2	cause	present	falls	no injury		the only surface			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient

Option 2

Concrete affords the greatest protection against injury in a fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concrete	concrete	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affords	nsubj
2	affords	afford	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 protection	det
4	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 protection	amod
5	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affords	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 injury	case
7	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affords	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 fall	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fall	det
10	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affords	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	afford	present	Concrete	the greatest protection		a fall		against injury	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Wood chips, sand or rubber diminish the gravity of injury in a fall, as compared with concrete

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chips	compound
2	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 diminish	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sand	punct
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chips	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 rubber	cc
6	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chips	conj
7	diminish	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gravity	det
9	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 diminish	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 injury	case
11	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gravity	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 fall	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fall	det
14	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 diminish	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 compared	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 compared	mark
17	compared	compare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 diminish	advcl
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 concrete	case
19	concrete	concrete	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 compared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	diminish	present	Wood chips and sand or rubber	the gravity of injury		a fall			vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer gravity=Patient
2	compare	participle	Wood chips and sand or rubber not said here					with concrete	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with concrete=Co-Patient

Option 4

The surface is of no consequence whatever to injury

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 surface	det
2	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consequence	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consequence	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 consequence	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 consequence	det
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consequence	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 injury	case
9	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consequence	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the surface					of no consequence; to injury	tree rules

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