Exam question 4 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the automatic cut-out of an electric kettle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, automatic cut out

This is exam question 4 of lesson 11 «Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob» 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	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	14 out	det
11	automatic	automatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 out	amod
12	cut	cut	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 out	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 cut	punct
14	out	out	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 kettle	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 kettle	det
17	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 kettle	amod
18	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 out	nmod
19	.	.	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 automatic cut out of a electric kettle		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus out=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 weight of the water depresses a switch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weight	det
2	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 depresses	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weight	nmod
6	depresses	depress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 switch	det
8	switch	switch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 depresses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depress	present	the weight of the water	a switch					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus switch=Experiencer

Option 2

The handle detects heat and releases the switch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 handle	det
2	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detects	nsubj
3	detects	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detects	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 releases	cc
6	releases	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 detects	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 switch	det
8	switch	switch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 releases	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect	present	the handle	heat					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer heat=Stimulus
2	release	present	the handle not said here	the switch					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer switch=Source

Option 3

A timer disconnects the supply after a set interval of three minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 timer	det
2	timer	timer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disconnects	nsubj
3	disconnects	disconnect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 supply	det
5	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disconnects	obj
6	after	after	ADP	_	9 interval	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 interval	det
8	set	set	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 interval	amod
9	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disconnects	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 minutes	case
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 minutes	nummod
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 interval	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disconnect	present	a timer	the supply			after a set interval of three minutes		vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supply=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Steam deflects a bimetallic strip, which opens the switch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deflects	nsubj
2	deflects	deflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 strip	det
4	bimetallic	bimetallic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 strip	amod
5	strip	strip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deflects	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 opens	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 opens	nsubj
8	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 strip	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 switch	det
10	switch	switch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 opens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deflect	present	Steam	a bimetallic strip					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent strip=Patient
2	open	present	a bimetallic strip	the switch					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location switch=Theme

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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