Exam question 2 · Food on the floor and kitchen rules

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the transfer of microorganisms to food dropped upon a floor.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, drop, transfer · To what, where: response, transfer, food, floor, microorganisms

This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» of the myths 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 transfer	det
13	transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 microorganisms	case
15	microorganisms	microorganism	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 transfer	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 food	case
17	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 microorganisms	nmod
18	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 food	acl
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 floor	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 floor	det
21	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dropped	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the transfer of microorganisms to food			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus transfer=Experiencer
5	drop	participle		food not said here	a floor		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon floor=Trajectory
6	transfer			microorganisms to food			nom transfer «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

No transfer occurs to dry foods under any circumstances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 transfer	det
2	transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occurs	nsubj
3	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 dry	mark
5	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 occurs	advcl
6	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dry	obj
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 circumstances	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 circumstances	det
9	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	no transfer						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	dry	to-infinitive	no transfer not said here	foods		any circumstances			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient food=Result

Option 2

Transfer occurs only upon carpeted surfaces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 surfaces	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 surfaces	case
5	carpeted	carpet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 surfaces	amod
6	surfaces	surface	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occurs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Transfer	carpeted surfaces					tree rules
2	carpet	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Transfer may occur in less than one second

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occur	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 occur	aux
3	occur	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 second	case
5	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	7 one	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	5 less	fixed
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 second	nummod
8	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occur	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	may	Transfer				second		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Transfer occurs only after exactly five seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	2 occurs	advmod
4	after	after	ADP	_	7 seconds	case
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 five	advmod
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 seconds	nummod
7	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Transfer				second		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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