Exam question 2 · Teams and voice chat

Ascertain the principal hazard arising from a microphone which is inadvertently left active during play.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal hazard · What happens: ascertain, arise, leave · To what, where: principal hazard, microphone

This is exam question 2 of lesson 405 «Teams and voice chat» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hazard	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hazard	amod
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 hazard	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 microphone	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 microphone	det
8	microphone	microphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arising	obl
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 left	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 left	aux:pass
11	inadvertently	inadvertently	ADV	_	12 left	advmod
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 microphone	acl:relcl
13	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 left	xcomp
14	during	during	ADP	_	15 play	case
15	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal hazard				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hazard=Topic
2	arise	gerund	the principal hazard not said here		a microphone			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	leave	present · passive		a microphone		during play	active, inadvertently property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Persons in the game may overhear what occurs within the player's home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 overhear	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 game	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Persons	nmod
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 overhear	aux
6	overhear	overhear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 occurs	nsubj
8	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 overhear	ccomp
9	within	within	ADP	_	13 home	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 player	det
11	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 home	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 player	case
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 occurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	may	Persons in the game						tree rules
2	occur	present						within the player's home	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The game may be terminated by its publisher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 terminated	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 terminated	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 terminated	aux:pass
5	terminated	terminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 publisher	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 publisher	nmod:poss
8	publisher	publisher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 terminated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terminate	may · passive	game's publisher	the game					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

The console may be permanently damaged by the continuous use of the microphone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 console	det
2	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 damaged	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 damaged	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 damaged	aux:pass
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	6 damaged	advmod
6	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 use	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 use	det
9	continuous	continuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 use	amod
10	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 damaged	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 microphone	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 microphone	det
13	microphone	microphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	may · passive	the continuous use of the microphone	the console				permanently property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	use			the microphone					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The player's score may be reduced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 player	det
2	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 score	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 player	case
4	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reduced	nsubj:pass
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 reduced	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 reduced	aux:pass
7	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	may · passive		the player's score					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	score		the player						nom score «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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