Exam question 2 · How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people

Identify the principal reason for which an emergency stop button remains depressed after activation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, stop button · What happens: identify, remain · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people» of the technology 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	11 remains	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 button	det
8	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stop	compound
9	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 button	compound
10	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remains	nsubj
11	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
12	depressed	depressed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remains	xcomp
13	after	after	ADP	_	14 activation	case
14	activation	activation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remains	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	remain	present	a stop button				after activation	for the principal reason; depressed property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 prevents the machine from restarting until the fault has been inspected

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 prevents	nsubj
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 machine	det
4	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevents	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 restarting	mark
6	restarting	restart	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevents	advcl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 inspected	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fault	det
9	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 inspected	nsubj:pass
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 inspected	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 inspected	aux:pass
12	inspected	inspect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 restarting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	prevent	present	It	the machine	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer machine=Theme
2	restart	gerund			tree rules
3	inspect	present · perfect · passive		the fault	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It permits the machine to continue at reduced speed

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 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 machine	det
4	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 continue	mark
6	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permits	advcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 speed	case
8	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 speed	amod
9	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 continue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	permit	present	It	the machine		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Theme
2	continue	to-infinitive			reduced speed	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	reduce	participle				vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

Option 3

It conserves the electricity consumed by the button

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 conserves	nsubj
2	conserves	conserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 electricity	det
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conserves	obj
5	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 electricity	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 button	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 button	det
8	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conserve	present	It	the electricity					tree rules
2	consume	participle		the electricity not said here				by the button	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It indicates that the button has ceased to function

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 ceased	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 button	det
5	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ceased	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ceased	aux
7	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 function	mark
9	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ceased	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	cease	present · perfect · passive		the button					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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