Exam question 2 · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

Which of the following most accurately characterises the items that may properly be flushed down a toilet?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, flush down · To what, where: items

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 items	det
9	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 characterises	obj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 flushed	nsubj:pass
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 flushed	aux
12	properly	properly	ADV	_	14 flushed	advmod
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 flushed	aux:pass
14	flushed	flush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 items	acl:relcl
15	down	down	ADP	_	14 flushed	compound:prt
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 toilet	det
17	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flushed	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the items	accurately property	tree rules
3	flush down	may · passive	the items	properly property	tree rules

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

Any item small enough to pass the bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 item	det
2	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 item	amod
4	enough	enough	ADV	_	3 small	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pass	mark
6	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 small	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bowl	det
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pass	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	to-infinitive		the bowl					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bowl=Trajectory

Option 2

Toilet paper together with wet wipes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paper	compound
2	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	together	together	ADV	_	2 paper	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 wipes	case
5	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wipes	amod
6	wipes	wipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paper	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Toilet paper only, and only as much as is needed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paper	compound
2	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 needed	nsubj:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	2 paper	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 much	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 much	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 much	advmod
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 paper	acl:relcl
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 much	fixed
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 needed	aux:pass
11	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · passive		Toilet paper					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Paper towels and tissues in any quantity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 towels	compound
2	towels	towel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tissues	cc
4	tissues	tissue	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 towels	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 quantity	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 quantity	det
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 towels	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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