Exam question 3 · Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi

State the precaution most consistent with established practice for preventing the loss of work in the event of a game ceasing to function.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established practice, game · What happens: state, establish, prevent, cease, function · To what, where: precaution, loss, event

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 precaution	det
3	precaution	precaution	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 precaution	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 practice	case
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 practice	amod
8	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 preventing	mark
10	preventing	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 practice	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 loss	det
12	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 preventing	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 work	case
14	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 loss	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 event	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 event	det
17	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 preventing	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 game	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 game	det
20	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 event	nmod
21	ceasing	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 game	acl
22	to	to	PART	_	23 function	mark
23	function	function	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 ceasing	xcomp
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the precaution		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent precaution=Topic
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	prevent	gerund	established practice not said here	the loss of work	the event of a game	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer loss=Theme
4	cease	gerund	a game not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
5	function	to-infinitive	a game not said here			vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

The work ought to be saved frequently, with automatic saving enabled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 work	det
2	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saved	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 saved	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 saved	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 saved	aux:pass
6	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	6 saved	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 saving	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 saving	case
10	automatic	automatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 saving	amod
11	saving	saving	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saved	parataxis
12	enabled	enable	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 saving	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	ought · passive		the work				frequently property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	enable	participle		automatic saving not said here					tree rules

Option 2

The router ought to be disconnected prior to play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 router	det
2	router	router	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disconnected	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 disconnected	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 disconnected	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 disconnected	aux:pass
6	disconnected	disconnect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	6 disconnected	xcomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 play	mark
9	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 prior	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disconnect	ought · passive		the router				prior property	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	play	to-infinitive							vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The device ought to be kept in continuous operation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 device	det
2	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 kept	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 kept	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 kept	aux:pass
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 operation	case
8	continuous	continuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 operation	amod
9	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	ought · passive		the device		continuous operation			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in operation=Location

Option 4

Construction ought to be confined to a single session

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Construction	Construction	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 confined	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 confined	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 confined	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 confined	aux:pass
5	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 session	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 session	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 session	amod
9	session	session	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	ought · passive		Construction		a single session			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to session=Destination

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