Exam question 4 · Heating, water pipes and drains

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the disposal of cooking fat via the kitchen sink.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, disposal

This is exam question 4 of lesson 13 «Heating, water pipes and drains» 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	11 disposal	det
11	disposal	disposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 fat	case
13	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fat	compound
14	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 disposal	nmod
15	via	via	ADP	_	18 sink	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sink	det
17	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sink	compound
18	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
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 disposal of cooking fat	via the kitchen sink	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disposal=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

It is harmless and recommended practice

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	3 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 recommended	cc
5	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 harmless	conj
6	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recommended	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmless property	tree rules
2	recommend	participle		practice					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Theme

Option 2

It is required for the cleaning of drains

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	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 cleaning	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cleaning	det
6	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 drains	case
8	drains	drain	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cleaning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		It				for the cleaning of drains	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	clean		drains						nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It solidifies and contributes to blockages of sewers

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 solidifies	nsubj
2	solidifies	solidify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 contributes	cc
4	contributes	contribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 solidifies	conj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 blockages	case
6	blockages	blockage	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contributes	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 sewers	case
8	sewers	sewer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 blockages	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	solidify	present	It			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	contribute	present			blockages of sewers	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to blockage=Recipient
3	block			sewers		nom blockage «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is fully dissolved by tap water and is carried safely away

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	4 dissolved	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dissolved	aux:pass
3	fully	fully	ADV	_	4 dissolved	advmod
4	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	compound
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissolved	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 carried	cc
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 carried	aux:pass
10	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dissolved	conj
11	safely	safely	ADV	_	10 carried	advmod
12	away	away	ADV	_	10 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present · passive	tap water	It				fully property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	carry away	present · passive	tap water not said here					away, safely property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»

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