Exam question 2 · Energy drinks: why they're not for kids
Select the response consistent with the labelling requirement applicable in the United Kingdom to beverages exceeding one hundred and fifty milligrams of caffeine per litre.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, beverages · What happens: select, exceed · To what, where: response, hundred milligrams
This is exam question 2 of lesson 52 «Energy drinks: why they're not for kids» of the medicine 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 | 13 Kingdom | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 requirement | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 requirement | det |
| 7 | labelling | labelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 requirement | compound |
| 8 | requirement | requirement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | applicable | applicable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 Kingdom | amod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 Kingdom | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Kingdom | det |
| 12 | United | United | PROPN | _ | 13 Kingdom | flat |
| 13 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | parataxis |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 beverages | case |
| 15 | beverages | beverage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Select | obl |
| 16 | exceeding | exceed | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 beverages | acl |
| 17 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 hundred | compound |
| 18 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 milligrams | nummod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 fifty | cc |
| 20 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 hundred | conj |
| 21 | milligrams | milligram | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 exceeding | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 caffeine | case |
| 23 | caffeine | caffeine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 milligrams | nmod |
| 24 | per | per | ADP | _ | 25 litre | case |
| 25 | litre | litre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 caffeine | nmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | to beverages | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent response=Theme to beverage=be' | |||
| 2 | exceed | gerund | beverages not said here | hundred milligrams of caffeine per litre | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot milligram=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They are to bear a statement that they are not recommended for children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bear | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bear | cop |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 bear | mark |
| 4 | bear | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 statement | det |
| 6 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bear | obj |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 recommended | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 recommended | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 recommended | aux:pass |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 recommended | advmod |
| 11 | recommended | recommend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 bear | advcl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 children | case |
| 13 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 recommended | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | bear property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not recommend | present · passive | they | for children | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for child=Attribute |
Option 2
They are exempt from any labelling requirement
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 exempt | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 exempt | cop |
| 3 | exempt | exempt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 requirement | case |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 requirement | det |
| 6 | labelling | labelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 requirement | compound |
| 7 | requirement | requirement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 exempt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | any labelling requirement | exempt property | tree rules |
Option 3
They are to be sold exclusively to children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sold | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sold | aux:pass |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 sold | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sold | aux:pass |
| 5 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | exclusively | exclusively | ADV | _ | 5 sold | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present · passive | They | children | exclusively property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to child=Recipient |
Option 4
They are to bear a statement that they are suitable for children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bear | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bear | cop |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 bear | mark |
| 4 | bear | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 statement | det |
| 6 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bear | obj |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 suitable | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 suitable | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 suitable | cop |
| 10 | suitable | suitable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bear | advcl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 children | case |
| 12 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 suitable | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | bear property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | they | for children; suitable property | tree rules |
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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