Exam question 3 · Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning overhead railway power lines.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, overhead railway power lines

This is exam question 3 of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» 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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	overhead	overhead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lines	amod
11	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lines	compound
12	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lines	compound
13	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	overhead railway power lines		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus line=Experiencer

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

Contact is required for any injury to occur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 injury	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 injury	det
6	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 occur	mark
8	occur	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Contact				for any injury	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	occur	to-infinitive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The lines carry a voltage lower than a domestic socket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lines	det
2	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carry	nsubj
3	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 voltage	det
5	voltage	voltage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carry	obj
6	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 carry	xcomp
7	than	than	ADP	_	10 socket	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 socket	det
9	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 socket	amod
10	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lower	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	the lines	a voltage				low property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voltage=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Electricity may pass to a person in proximity without contact

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pass	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	aux
3	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 person	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pass	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 proximity	case
8	proximity	proximity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pass	obl
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 contact	case
10	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	may	Electricity			proximity		to a person; without contact	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in proximity=Location

Option 4

The lines are de-energised when wagons are stationary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lines	det
2	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 energised	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 energised	aux:pass
4	de	de	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 energised	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 de	punct
6	energised	energise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 stationary	advmod
8	wagons	wagon	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stationary	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stationary	cop
10	stationary	stationary	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 energised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	energise	present · passive		the lines					tree rules
2	is a	present	wagons	stationary					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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