Exam question 2 · Toad's Edwardian England: early motor cars, caravans, stea…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the attire of early motorists.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, attire

This is exam question 2 of lesson 83 «Toad's Edwardian England: early motor cars, caravans, steam trains, wash day and gold sovereigns» of the history 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 attire	det
11	attire	attire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 motorists	case
13	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 motorists	amod
14	motorists	motorist	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attire	nmod
15	.	.	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	the attire of early motorists		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attire=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

Such attire was prescribed by law for all persons using the highway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attire	amod
2	attire	attire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prescribed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prescribed	aux:pass
4	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 law	case
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prescribed	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 persons	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 persons	det
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prescribed	obl
10	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 persons	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 highway	det
12	highway	highway	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	past · passive	law	Such attire				for all persons	tree rules
2	use	gerund	all persons not said here	the highway					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent highway=Patient

Option 2

Goggles were worn exclusively at night, when the lamps dazzled the driver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goggles	goggle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worn	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worn	aux:pass
3	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 worn	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worn	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dazzled	punct
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 dazzled	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lamps	det
10	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 dazzled	nsubj
11	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worn	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 driver	det
13	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dazzled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past · passive		Goggles			night	exclusively property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	dazzle	past	the lamps	the driver					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus driver=Experiencer

Option 3

Long coats were required by law to conceal the wheels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 coats	amod
2	coats	coat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 law	case
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 conceal	mark
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 required	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wheels	det
10	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 conceal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive	law	Long coats					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	conceal	to-infinitive	law not said here	the wheels					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Goggles and long coats were worn on account of open cars and dusty roads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goggles	goggle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 worn	nsubj:pass
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 coats	cc
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 coats	amod
4	coats	coat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Goggles	conj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 worn	aux:pass
6	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 account	case
8	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worn	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 cars	case
10	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cars	amod
11	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 account	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 roads	cc
13	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 roads	amod
14	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 cars	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past · passive		Goggles and long coats		account of open cars and dusty roads			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	account			open cars and dusty roads					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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