Exam question 4 · The dentist and washing your hands

Determine the course of action required of a pupil upon discovering that the soap at school has been exhausted.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: determine, require, discover, exhaust · To what, where: course, action, soap

This is exam question 4 of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 action	acl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pupil	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 required	obl
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 discovering	mark
11	discovering	discover	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 pupil	acl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 exhausted	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 soap	det
14	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 exhausted	nsubj:pass
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 school	case
16	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 soap	nmod
17	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 exhausted	aux
18	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 exhausted	aux:pass
19	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 discovering	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	require	participle		action not said here	of a pupil	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	discover	gerund	a pupil not said here			vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	exhaust	present · perfect · passive		the soap at school		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Abstain from washing for the remainder of term

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abstain	abstain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	from	from	SCONJ	_	3 washing	mark
3	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Abstain	advcl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 remainder	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 remainder	det
6	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 washing	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 term	case
8	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abstain	imperative	you not said here						vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wash	gerund	you not said here					for the remainder of term	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Inform a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	imperative	you not said here		a teacher				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Option 3

Use washing-up liquid from the kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 liquid	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
4	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washing	compound
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 kitchen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kitchen	det
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	washing liquid		the kitchen			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquid=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Rinse with water alone and say nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rinse	rinse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 water	case
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rinse	obl
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Rinse	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Rinse	conj
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse	imperative	you not said here					with water; alone property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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