Exam question 1 · Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing

Identify the principle by which a domestic vacuum cleaner collects dust.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, domestic vacuum cleaner · What happens: identify, collect · To what, where: principle, dust

This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing» 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	3 principle	det
3	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 collects	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cleaner	det
7	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cleaner	amod
8	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cleaner	compound
9	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 collects	nsubj
10	collects	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
11	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 collects	obj
12	.	.	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 principle					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent principle=Theme
2	collect	present	a domestic vacuum cleaner	dust					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dust=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

Air at greater external pressure flows into a region of reduced pressure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flows	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 pressure	case
3	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 pressure	amod
4	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pressure	amod
5	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Air	nmod
6	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 region	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 region	det
9	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flows	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 pressure	case
11	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 pressure	amod
12	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 region	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	present	Air at greater external pressure			a region of reduced pressure			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	reduce	participle							vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

Option 2

Rotating brushes propel dust into a sealed compartment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rotating	rotate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 brushes	amod
2	brushes	brush	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 propel	nsubj
3	propel	propel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 propel	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 compartment	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 compartment	det
7	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 compartment	amod
8	compartment	compartment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 propel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	rotate	gerund				vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	propel	present	Rotating brushes	dust	a sealed compartment	tree rules
3	seal	participle				vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

A magnetic field attracts particles of dust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 field	det
2	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 field	amod
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attracts	nsubj
4	attracts	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 attracts	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 dust	case
7	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 particles	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	a magnetic field	particles of dust					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent particle=Patient

Option 4

Static charge causes dust to adhere to the hose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Static	static	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 charge	amod
2	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 causes	nsubj
3	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 causes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 adhere	mark
6	adhere	adhere	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 causes	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 hose	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hose	det
9	hose	hose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adhere	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	Static charge	dust					tree rules
2	adhere	to-infinitive	dust not said here					to the hose	vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to hose=Co-Theme

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