Exam question 3 · Washing your body and caring for your hair

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning electrical appliances such as hair dryers.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, electrical appliances

This is exam question 3 of lesson 76 «Washing your body and caring for your hair» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 appliances	amod
11	appliances	appliance	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	15 dryers	case
13	as	as	ADP	_	12 such	fixed
14	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dryers	compound
15	dryers	dryer	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 appliances	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	electrical appliances	such hair dryers	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus appliance=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 · ← Mova's choice

They are safe near water provided the hands are wet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 provided	mark
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 provided	nsubj
6	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hands	det
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wet	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wet	cop
10	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	They	safe property	tree rules
2	provide	past	water		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	is	present	the hands	wet property	tree rules

Option 2

They are safe near water if the cord is long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	obl
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 long	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cord	det
8	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 long	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 long	cop
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			water		safe property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the cord					long property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They must never be used near water, as the two together can kill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 used	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 used	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	aux:pass
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	near	near	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kill	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 kill	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 two	det
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 kill	nsubj
12	together	together	ADV	_	11 two	advmod
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 kill	aux
14	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	must · passive		They		water			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	kill	can	the two						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

They may be used in the bath if switched to low

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 used	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 used	aux:pass
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 bath	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bath	det
7	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 switched	mark
9	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 used	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 low	mark
11	low	low	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 switched	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	use	may · passive	They	the bath	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	switch a condition, not said to happen	participle			tree rules
3	low	to-infinitive			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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