Exam question 2 · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate conduct in respect of a firework that has failed to ignite?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: firework · What happens: follow, characteris, fail, not ignite, respect · To what, where: appropriate conduct, respect, firework

This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» of the physics 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 conduct	det
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 conduct	amod
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 respect	case
13	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 firework	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 firework	det
16	firework	firework	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 respect	nmod
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 failed	nsubj
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 failed	aux
19	failed	fail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 firework	acl:relcl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 ignite	mark
21	ignite	ignite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 failed	xcomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the appropriate conduct	respect of a firework	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	fail	present · perfect	a firework				vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	not ignite	to-infinitive	a firework not said here				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	respect			a firework			nom respect «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer

It is not to be approached, and an adult is to be informed

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	6 approached	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 approached	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 approached	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	6 approached	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 approached	aux:pass
6	approached	approach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 informed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 informed	cc
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 informed	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 informed	aux:pass
12	to	to	PART	_	14 informed	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 informed	aux:pass
14	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 approached	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present · passive		It				approach property	tree rules
2	inform speech: other	present · passive		a adult					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

It is to be relit forthwith

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	6 forthwith	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 forthwith	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	6 forthwith	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 forthwith	cop
5	relit	relit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 forthwith	amod
6	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					forthwith property	tree rules

Option 3

It may safely be handled if dampened

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	5 handled	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 handled	aux
3	safely	safely	ADV	_	5 handled	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 handled	aux:pass
5	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 dampened	mark
7	dampened	dampen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 handled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	may · passive		It				safely property	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	dampen a condition, not said to happen	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It may be retrieved after a brief interval of a minute or thereabouts

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	4 retrieved	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 retrieved	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 retrieved	aux:pass
4	retrieved	retrieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 interval	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 interval	det
7	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 interval	amod
8	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retrieved	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 minute	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 minute	det
11	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 interval	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 thereabouts	cc
13	thereabouts	thereabout	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 minute	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retrieve	may · passive		It			after a brief interval of a minute or thereabouts		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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