Exam question 4 · Electricity and safety

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earth pin of a plug.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, earth pin

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pin	det
11	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pin	compound
12	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 plug	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 plug	det
15	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pin	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the earth pin of a plug		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pin=Experiencer

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 affords stray current a safe path into the ground

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 affords	nsubj
2	affords	afford	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stray	stray	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 current	amod
4	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affords	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 path	det
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 path	amod
7	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affords	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affords	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	afford	present	It	stray current		the ground			tree rules

Option 2

It augments the power delivered to the appliance

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 augments	nsubj
2	augments	augment	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 power	det
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 delivered	nsubj
5	delivered	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 augments	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 appliance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 appliance	det
8	appliance	appliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 delivered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	augment	present	It						tree rules
2	deliver	past	the power			the appliance			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to appliance=Destination

Option 3

It serves solely to strengthen the plug mechanically

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 serves	nsubj
2	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 serves	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 strengthen	mark
5	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 serves	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plug	det
7	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strengthen	obj
8	mechanically	mechanically	ADV	_	5 strengthen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	It					solely property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	strengthen	to-infinitive		the plug				mechanically property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent plug=Patient

Option 4

It retains surplus electricity for later use

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 retains	nsubj
2	retains	retain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	surplus	surplus	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 electricity	amod
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retains	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 use	case
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 use	advmod
7	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present	It	surplus electricity				for use	tree rules

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