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Exam question 2 · A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement

It is given that a parent, while water pours across the kitchen floor from a ruptured pipe, announces a «slight problem». Identify the appropriate response.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: water, you · What happens: give, pour, rupture, announce, identify · To what, where: It, kitchen floor, slight problem, appropriate response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 49 «A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement» of the language 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a parent, while water pours across the kitchen floor from a ruptured pipe, announces a «slight problem».

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 parent	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parent	det
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pours	punct
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 pours	mark
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pours	nsubj
10	pours	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	conj
11	across	across	ADP	_	14 floor	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 floor	det
13	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 floor	compound
14	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pours	obl
15	from	from	ADP	_	18 pipe	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 pipe	det
17	ruptured	rupture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 pipe	amod
18	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 floor	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 announces	punct
20	announces	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 pours	conj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 problem	det
22	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 problem	punct
23	slight	slight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 problem	amod
24	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 announces	obj
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 problem	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	pour	present	water			the kitchen floor from a ruptured pipe			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across floor=Location
3	rupture	participle							vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	announce speech: other	present	water not said here	a slight problem					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=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.

Sentence 2: Identify the appropriate response.

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 response	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To attend promptly and assist, the problem being considerable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 attend	mark
2	attend	attend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	2 attend	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 considerable	cc
5	assist	assist	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 considerable	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 problem	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 problem	det
8	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 assist	conj
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 considerable	cop
10	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attend	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attend	to-infinitive						promptly property	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	is	gerund	assist and the problem					considerable property	tree rules

Option 2

To disregard the announcement, the problem being slight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disregard	mark
2	disregard	disregard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 slight	csubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 announcement	det
4	announcement	announcement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregard	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 problem	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 problem	det
7	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 announcement	conj
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 slight	cop
9	slight	slight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	to-infinitive		the announcement and the problem					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent announcement=Theme
2	is	gerund						slight property	tree rules

Option 3

To await the drying of the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 await	mark
2	await	await	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 drying	det
4	drying	drying	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 await	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drying	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	await	to-infinitive		the drying of the floor					tree rules

Option 4

To complete one's present occupation before attending

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 complete	mark
2	complete	complete	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 complete	obj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 one	case
5	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 occupation	amod
6	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 complete	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 attending	mark
8	attending	attend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 complete	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete	to-infinitive		one					tree rules
2	attend	gerund							vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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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