Exam question 4 · Hair, nails and ears

Determine the recommended course of action whereas water remains lodged in the ear after swimming.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, water remains · What happens: determine, recommend, lodge, swim · To what, where: recommended course, ear

This is exam question 4 of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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	4 course	det
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	10 lodged	mark
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remains	compound
9	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	10 lodged	nsubj
10	lodged	lodge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Determine	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 ear	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ear	det
13	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lodged	obl
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 swimming	mark
15	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 lodged	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the recommended course of action		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	recommend	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	lodge	past	water remains		the ear	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location
4	swim	gerund	water remains not said here			vn run-51.3.2-1 «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

Tilt the head to that side and allow it to drain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tilt	tilt	ADP	_	3 head	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 head	det
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 allow	obl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 side	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 side	det
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 head	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 allow	cc
8	allow	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 allow	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 drain	mark
11	drain	drain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 allow	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present		side				tilt the head to that side	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer it=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	drain not said to happen	to-infinitive	side not said here						vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source

Option 2

Pour further water in so as to flush it out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pour	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	1 Pour	compound:prt
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 flush	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 flush	mark
7	to	to	PART	_	8 flush	mark
8	flush	flush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pour	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 flush	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	8 flush	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour in	imperative	you not said here	further water					vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	flush out	to-infinitive	you not said here	water					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Lie on the opposite side so it remains inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 side	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 side	det
4	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 side	amod
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lie	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 remains	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 remains	nsubj
8	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Lie	advcl
9	inside	inside	ADV	_	8 remains	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	imperative	you not said here			the opposite side			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location
2	remain	present	side					inside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Insert a cotton bud deep into the ear canal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Insert	insert	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bud	det
3	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bud	compound
4	bud	bud	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Insert	obj
5	deep	deep	ADV	_	1 Insert	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 canal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 canal	det
8	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 canal	compound
9	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Insert	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insert	imperative	you not said here	a cotton bud		the ear canal		deep property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bud=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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