Exam question 1 · Trampolines, playgrounds and skate parks

Identify the principal recommendation of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents concerning the use of domestic trampolines.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Accidents · What happens: identify, concern, recommend, use · To what, where: principal recommendation, use, Royal Society, domestic trampolines

This is exam question 1 of lesson 73 «Trampolines, playgrounds and skate parks» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 recommendation	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 recommendation	amod
4	recommendation	recommendation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 Society	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Society	det
7	Royal	Royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Society	amod
8	Society	Society	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 recommendation	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 Prevention	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Prevention	det
11	Prevention	Prevention	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 recommendation	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Accidents	case
13	Accidents	Accident	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 Prevention	nmod
14	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 Accidents	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 use	det
16	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 concerning	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 trampolines	case
18	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 trampolines	amod
19	trampolines	trampoline	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 use	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal recommendation of the Royal Society	for the Prevention of Accidents	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent recommendation=Theme
2	concern	gerund	Accidents not said here	the use of domestic trampolines		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus use=Experiencer
3	recommend			the Royal Society	for the Prevention of Accidents	nom recommendation «communication transitive»: of=patient for=obl
4	use			domestic trampolines		nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Nets are to be removed for safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 removed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 removed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 removed	aux:pass
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 safety	case
7	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present · passive		Nets				for safety	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

All family members are to use it simultaneously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 members	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 members	compound
3	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 use	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 use	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 use	mark
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 use	obj
8	simultaneously	simultaneously	ADV	_	6 use	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all family members					simultaneously, use property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

One person is to use the trampoline at a time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 person	nummod
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 use	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 use	mark
5	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trampoline	det
7	trampoline	trampoline	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 time	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 time	det
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	One person				time	use property	tree rules

Option 4

Somersaults are to be practised without supervision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Somersaults	somersault	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 practised	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 practised	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 practised	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 practised	aux:pass
5	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 supervision	case
7	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 practised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	practise	present · passive		Somersaults				without supervision	tree rules

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