Exam question 4 · Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning detergent pods.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, detergent pods

This is exam question 4 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	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	detergent	detergent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pods	compound
11	pods	pod	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	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	detergent pods		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pod=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

They contain no soap whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 contain	nsubj
2	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 soap	det
4	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contain	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 contain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	They	no soap				whatsoever property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot soap=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They resemble confectionery yet are poisonous if swallowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 resemble	nsubj
2	resemble	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 poisonous	advcl
3	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resemble	obj
4	yet	yet	ADV	_	2 resemble	advmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 poisonous	cop
6	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 swallowed	mark
8	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 poisonous	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	resemble	present	They	confectionery	yet		tree rules
2	is	present				poisonous property	tree rules
3	swallow a condition, not said to happen	participle					vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They are harmless if swallowed by an infant, being made of soap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 harmless	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 swallowed	mark
5	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmless	advcl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 infant	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 infant	det
8	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 swallowed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 made	aux:pass
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmless	parataxis
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 soap	case
13	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	They	harmless property	tree rules
2	swallow a condition, not said to happen	participle	They not said here	by a infant	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	gerund · passive		of soap	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»

Option 4

They dissolve only in direct sunlight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dissolve	nsubj
2	dissolve	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	2 dissolve	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sunlight	case
5	direct	direct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sunlight	amod
6	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present	They			direct sunlight			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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