Exam question 2 · The broken window and other hidden accidents

Identify the principal reason for which concealment of damage to an electronic device is inadvisable.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, damage · What happens: identify, be, conceal · To what, where: principal reason, damage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 428 «The broken window and other hidden accidents» 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	_	7 concealment	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 concealment	det
7	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 damage	case
9	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concealment	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 device	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 device	det
12	electronic	electronic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 device	amod
13	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 inadvisable	obl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 inadvisable	cop
15	inadvisable	inadvisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 damage	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason	for which concealment of damage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is	present	damage not said here		to a electronic device; inadvisable property	tree rules
3	conceal			damage		nom concealment «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

Concealment reduces the cost of repair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	nsubj
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cost	det
4	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 repair	case
6	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cost	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	Concealment	the cost of repair					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer cost=Patient
2	cost			repair					nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Prompt disclosure of water damage may permit the device to be saved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disclosure	amod
2	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 permit	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 damage	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 damage	compound
5	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disclosure	nmod
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 permit	aux
7	permit	permit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 device	det
9	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 permit	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 saved	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 saved	aux:pass
12	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 permit	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	permit	may	Prompt disclosure of water damage	the device	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent device=Theme
2	save	to-infinitive · passive	Prompt disclosure of water damage not said here		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»
3	disclose			water damage	nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Repair shops cannot detect water damage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shops	compound
2	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 detect	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 detect	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 detect	advmod
5	detect	detect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 damage	compound
7	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 detect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not detect	can	Repair shops	water damage					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer damage=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Electronic devices repair themselves if left alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Electronic	electronic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 devices	amod
2	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 repair	nsubj
3	repair	repair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 repair	obj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 left	mark
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 repair	advcl
7	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repair	present	Electronic devices	devices = device					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
2	leave a condition, not said to happen	participle	Electronic devices not said here					alone property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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