Exam question 2 · Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the repeated disconnection of the household router in an attempt to remedy delay?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, repeat, remedy, disconnect · To what, where: repeated disconnection, delay, household router

This is exam question 2 of lesson 409 «Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 disconnection	det
10	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 disconnection	amod
11	disconnection	disconnection	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 router	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 router	det
14	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 router	compound
15	router	router	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 disconnection	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 attempt	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 attempt	det
18	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 router	nmod
19	to	to	PART	_	20 remedy	mark
20	remedy	remedy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 attempt	acl
21	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 remedy	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the repeated disconnection of the household router in a attempt	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	repeat	participle			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	remedy	to-infinitive	delay		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent delay=Patient
5	disconnect		the household router in a attempt		nom disconnection «state 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

It invariably restores the connection to full speed within a minute of each disconnection

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 restores	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 restores	advmod
3	restores	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 connection	det
5	connection	connection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restores	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 speed	case
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 speed	amod
8	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 connection	nmod
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 minute	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 minute	det
11	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restores	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 disconnection	case
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 disconnection	det
14	disconnection	disconnection	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 minute	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present	It	the connection	full speed		minute	invariably property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent connection=Theme to speed=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It deprives every member of the household of the connection and rarely resolves the fault

The tree, 15 words

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	2 deprives	nsubj
2	deprives	deprive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 member	det
4	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deprives	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 household	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 household	det
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 member	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 connection	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 connection	det
10	connection	connection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 household	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 resolves	cc
12	rarely	rarely	ADV	_	13 resolves	advmod
13	resolves	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 deprives	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fault	det
15	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 resolves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	present	It	every member of the household of the connection					vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Source
2	resolve	present		the fault				rarely property	tree rules

Option 3

It is the remedy recommended by all operators

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 remedy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 remedy	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 remedy	det
4	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 remedy	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 operators	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 operators	det
8	operators	operator	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recommended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the remedy					tree rules
2	recommend	participle		the remedy not said here				by all operators	vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It affects the participant's device exclusively

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	2 affects	nsubj
2	affects	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 participant	det
4	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 device	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 participant	case
6	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affects	obj
7	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 affects	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present	It	the participant's device				exclusively property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus device=Experiencer

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