Exam question 3 · Posture and eyes for sporty kids

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard presented by snow to the eyes?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, present · To what, where: hazard, eyes

This is exam question 3 of lesson 58 «Posture and eyes for sporty 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hazard	det
10	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 hazard	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 snow	case
13	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 presented	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 eyes	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 eyes	det
16	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 presented	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the hazard		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	present	participle	the hazard not said here	the eyes	by snow	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to eye=Recipient

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

Snow reduces the need for eye protection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	nsubj
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 need	det
4	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 protection	case
6	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 protection	compound
7	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	Snow	the need				for eye protection	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer need=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Snow presents no hazard whatsoever on overcast days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presents	nsubj
2	presents	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 hazard	det
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presents	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 presents	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 days	case
7	overcast	overcast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 days	compound
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 presents	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	present	Snow	no hazard			day	whatsoever property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Snow reflects ultraviolet light even under cloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reflects	nsubj
2	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reflects	obj
5	even	even	ADV	_	7 cloud	advmod
6	under	under	ADP	_	7 cloud	case
7	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reflects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	Snow	ultraviolet light		cloud			tree rules

Option 4

Snow absorbs all ultraviolet light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absorbs	nsubj
2	absorbs	absorb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 light	det
4	ultraviolet	ultraviolet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 light	amod
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absorbs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb	present	Snow	all ultraviolet light					vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal light=Theme

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