Exam question 4 · Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang

Determine the principal hazard associated with the charging of a telephone beneath bedding.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, associate · To what, where: principal hazard

This is exam question 4 of lesson 23 «Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hazard	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hazard	amod
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hazard	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 charging	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 charging	det
8	charging	charging	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 associated	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 telephone	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 telephone	det
11	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 charging	nmod
12	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	13 bedding	case
13	bedding	bedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 telephone	nmod
14	.	.	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 principal hazard					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hazard=Topic
2	associate	participle		the principal hazard not said here				with the charging of a telephone beneath bedding	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with charging=Co-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

Electrocution of the person sleeping beside it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Electrocution	electrocution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 person	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Electrocution	nmod
5	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 person	acl
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund	the person not said here					beside person	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	electrocute			the person					nom electrocution «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Permanent loss of all the data stored upon it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Permanent	permanent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	compound
2	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 data	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 data	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 data	det
6	data	data	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	nmod
7	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 data	acl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	participle		all data not said here		data			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent upon it=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Overheating, with a consequent risk of fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overheating	overheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 risk	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 risk	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 risk	det
5	consequent	consequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 risk	compound
6	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Overheating	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 fire	case
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 risk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overheat	gerund						with a consequent risk of fire	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient with risk=Instrument
2	risk			fire					nom risk «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Interference with the sleeper's dreams and rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Interference	interference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	6 dreams	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sleeper	det
4	sleeper	sleeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dreams	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 sleeper	case
6	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Interference	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rest	cc
8	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dreams	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dream		the sleeper						nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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