Exam question 2 · Electricity and safety

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the safety of a person within a motor vehicle during a thunderstorm?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: safety

This is exam question 2 of lesson 28 «Electricity and safety» 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	1 Which	nmod
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	10 safety	det
10	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 person	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 person	det
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 safety	nmod
14	within	within	ADP	_	17 vehicle	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 vehicle	det
16	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 vehicle	compound
17	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	during	during	ADP	_	20 thunderstorm	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 thunderstorm	det
20	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the safety of a person			during a thunderstorm	within a motor vehicle; accurately property	tree rules

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

The metallic body conducts any lightning around the occupants to earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 body	det
2	metallic	metallic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 body	compound
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conducts	nsubj
4	conducts	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 lightning	det
6	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conducts	obj
7	around	around	ADP	_	9 occupants	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 occupants	det
9	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 conducts	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 earth	case
11	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conducts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	present	the metallic body	any lightning		the occupants		to earth	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lightning=Theme around occupant=Destination

Option 2

The vehicle affords no protection whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vehicle	det
2	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 affords	nsubj
3	affords	afford	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 protection	det
5	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 affords	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 affords	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	afford	present	the vehicle	no protection				whatsoever property	tree rules

Option 3

The rubber tyres insulate the vehicle against all lightning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tyres	det
2	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tyres	compound
3	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 insulate	nsubj
4	insulate	insulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vehicle	det
6	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insulate	obj
7	against	against	ADP	_	9 lightning	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 lightning	det
9	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insulate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insulate	present	the rubber tyres	the vehicle				against all lightning	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent vehicle=Destination

Option 4

The glass windows deflect lightning away from the vehicle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 windows	det
2	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 windows	compound
3	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 deflect	nsubj
4	deflect	deflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deflect	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	4 deflect	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 vehicle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vehicle	det
9	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deflect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deflect away	present	the glass windows	lightning		the vehicle		away property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lightning=Patient

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