Exam question 4 · Trampolines, playgrounds and skate parks
It is given that the air temperature is thirty-five degrees Celsius on a sunny afternoon. Determine the appropriate precaution before using a metal slide.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: air temperature, you · What happens: give, be, determine, use · To what, where: It, five degrees, appropriate precaution, metal slide
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that the air temperature is thirty-five degrees Celsius on a sunny afternoon.
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 | _ | 12 degrees | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 temperature | det |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 temperature | compound |
| 7 | temperature | temperature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 degrees | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 degrees | cop |
| 9 | thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 five | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 thirty | punct |
| 11 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 degrees | nummod |
| 12 | degrees | degree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 given | obl |
| 13 | Celsius | Celsius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 degrees | nmod:unmarked |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 afternoon | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 afternoon | det |
| 16 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 afternoon | amod |
| 17 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | afternoon | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the air temperature | five degrees | Celsius nmod:unmarked | tree rules |
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: Determine the appropriate precaution before using a metal slide.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 precaution | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 precaution | amod |
| 4 | precaution | precaution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 using | mark |
| 6 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Determine | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 slide | det |
| 8 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 slide | compound |
| 9 | slide | slide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 using | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the appropriate precaution | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precaution=Topic | ||||
| 2 | use | gerund | you not said here | a metal slide | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slide=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The surface is to be tested with the hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 surface | det |
| 2 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tested | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tested | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 tested | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 tested | aux:pass |
| 6 | tested | test | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 hand | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hand | det |
| 9 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tested | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | present · passive | the surface | with the hand | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
The surface is to be presumed cool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 surface | det |
| 2 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 presumed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 presumed | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 presumed | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 presumed | aux:pass |
| 6 | presumed | presume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 presumed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | presume | present · passive | the surface | cool property | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
The slide is to be descended head-first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 slide | det |
| 2 | slide | slide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 descended | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 descended | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 descended | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 descended | aux:pass |
| 6 | descended | descend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 descended | obj |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 head | punct |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 descended | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | descend | present · passive | the slide | first property | tree rules |
Option 4
Bare skin is to be placed upon it directly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 skin | amod |
| 2 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 placed | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 placed | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 placed | aux:pass |
| 6 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 placed | obl |
| 9 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 6 placed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | present · passive | Bare skin | it | directly property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon it=Destination |
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