Exam question 2 · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

Which of the following most accurately characterises the so-called five-second rule concerning dropped food?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: following, second rule · What happens: follow, characteris, call, concern, drop · To what, where: second rule, dropped food · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 the	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	1 Which	det:predet
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	3 the	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 called	det
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 called	advmod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 called	punct
11	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 characterises	ccomp
12	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 second	nummod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 five	punct
14	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 rule	amod
15	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 called	xcomp
16	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 rule	acl
17	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 food	amod
18	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 concerning	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Which	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	following		accurately property	tree rules
3	call	participle	following not said here	second rule		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	concern	gerund	second rule not said here	dropped food		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus food=Experiencer
5	drop	participle				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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

It is accurate solely on clean kitchen floors

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 accurate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accurate	cop
3	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 accurate	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 floors	case
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 floors	amod
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 floors	compound
8	floors	floor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 accurate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			clean kitchen floors		accurate, solely property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a myth, as food picks up germs at once

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	4 myth	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 myth	det
4	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 myth	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 picks	mark
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 picks	nsubj
8	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	parataxis
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 picks	compound:prt
10	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 picks	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 picks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a myth					tree rules
2	pick up	present	food	germs					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Topic

Option 3

It is accurate provided the food is dry

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 accurate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accurate	cop
3	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 accurate	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provided	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dry	cop
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 accurate	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		accurate property	tree rules
2	provide	participle		the food		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition food=Theme
3	is	present			dry property	tree rules

Option 4

It is accurate, as germs require five seconds to arrive

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 accurate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accurate	cop
3	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 require	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 require	mark
6	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 require	nsubj
7	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accurate	conj
8	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 seconds	nummod
9	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 require	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 arrive	mark
11	arrive	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 require	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		accurate property	tree rules
2	require	present	germs	second		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	arrive	to-infinitive	germs not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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