Exam question 3 · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules

Identify the principal reason for which the restarting of an electronic device frequently remedies a malfunction.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, electronic device · What happens: identify, restart, remedy · To what, where: principal reason, malfunction

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 remedies	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 device	det
8	restarting	restart	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 device	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 device	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 device	det
11	electronic	electronic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 device	amod
12	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 remedies	nsubj
13	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	14 remedies	advmod
14	remedies	remedy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 malfunction	det
16	malfunction	malfunction	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 remedies	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	restart	gerund				tree rules
3	remedy	present	the electronic device	a malfunction	for the principal reason; frequently property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent malfunction=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 · ✓ the right answer

It clears the device's working memory

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	2 clears	nsubj
2	clears	clear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 device	det
4	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 memory	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 device	case
6	working	working	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 memory	compound
7	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clears	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clear	present	It	the device's working memory					vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent memory=Source

Option 2

It restores the battery to full charge

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	2 restores	nsubj
2	restores	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 battery	det
4	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restores	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 charge	case
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 charge	amod
7	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restores	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present	It	the battery	full charge				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent battery=Theme to charge=Recipient

Option 3

It removes dust from the internal wiring

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	2 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 wiring	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wiring	det
6	internal	internal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wiring	amod
7	wiring	wiring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	It	dust		the internal wiring			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dust=Theme from wiring=Source

Option 4

It repairs damaged physical components

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 damaged	nsubj:pass
2	repairs	repair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 damaged	aux:pass
3	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 components	amod
5	components	component	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 damaged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	present · passive		It					tree rules

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