Exam question 1 · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

Identify the principal reason for wiping from front to back subsequent to use of the toilet.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal reason · What happens: identify, wipe, use · To what, where: principal reason, front

This is exam question 1 of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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	SCONJ	_	6 wiping	mark
6	wiping	wipe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 reason	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 front	case
8	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wiping	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 subsequent	case
10	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 subsequent	compound
11	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 front	nmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 use	mark
13	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wiping	advcl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 toilet	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 toilet	det
16	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 use	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	wipe	gerund	the principal reason not said here		front to back subsequent		vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent from front=Trajectory
3	use	to-infinitive	the principal reason not said here			of the toilet	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

It uses less toilet paper than any other method

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 paper	amod
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paper	compound
5	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
6	than	than	ADP	_	9 method	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 method	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 method	amod
9	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	It	less toilet paper				than any other method	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Patient

Option 2

It keeps the toilet seat cleaner for others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cleaner	det
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cleaner	compound
5	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cleaner	compound
6	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 others	case
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	the toilet seat cleaner				for others	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleaner=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It prevents germs from the bottom reaching where one urinates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prevents	nsubj
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prevents	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 bottom	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bottom	det
6	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevents	obl
7	reaching	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bottom	acl
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 urinates	advmod
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 urinates	nsubj
10	urinates	urinate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reaching	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	prevent	present	It	germs	the bottom	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer germ=Beneficiary from bottom=Eventuality
2	reach	gerund	the bottom not said here			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	urinate	present	one			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is quicker and so saves time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 quicker	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 quicker	cop
3	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 saves	cc
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 saves	advmod
6	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 quicker	conj
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					quick property	tree rules
2	save	present					time		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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