Exam question 4 · Melting, freezing and boiling

Ascertain the reason for which expansion joints are incorporated into bridges.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, incorporate · To what, where: reason, expansion joints

This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «Melting, freezing and boiling» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 incorporated	obl
6	expansion	expansion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 joints	compound
7	joints	joint	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 incorporated	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 incorporated	aux:pass
9	incorporated	incorporate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 bridges	case
11	bridges	bridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 incorporated	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	incorporate	present · passive		expansion joints				for the reason; into bridges	vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient into bridge=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 · ✓ the right answer

To accommodate the expansion and contraction of the structure with temperature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 accommodate	mark
2	accommodate	accommodate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 expansion	det
4	expansion	expansion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accommodate	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 contraction	cc
6	contraction	contraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expansion	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 structure	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 structure	det
9	structure	structure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expansion	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 temperature	case
11	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accommodate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accommodate	to-infinitive		the expansion of the structure and contraction				with temperature	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expansion=Patient
2	expand			the structure					nom expansion «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

To reduce the speed of vehicles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 reduce	mark
2	reduce	reduce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 speed	det
4	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduce	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 vehicles	case
6	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 speed	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	to-infinitive		the speed of vehicles					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer speed=Patient

Option 3

To generate a warning sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 generate	mark
2	generate	generate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sound	det
4	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sound	compound
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 generate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	to-infinitive		a warning sound					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient

Option 4

To permit the drainage of rainwater exclusively

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 permit	mark
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 drainage	det
4	drainage	drainage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 rainwater	case
6	rainwater	rainwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drainage	nmod
7	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 permit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive		the drainage of rainwater				exclusively property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drainage=Theme
2	drain		rainwater						nom drainage «act intransitive»: of=agent

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