Exam question 2 · Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms
It is given that a residual current device detects a leakage of current through a person. State the response of the device.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: residual current device, current · What happens: give, detect, leak · To what, where: It, leakage
This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a residual current device detects a leakage of current through a person.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 detects | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 device | det |
| 6 | residual | residual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 device | amod |
| 7 | current | current | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 device | compound |
| 8 | device | device | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 detects | nsubj |
| 9 | detects | detect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 leakage | det |
| 11 | leakage | leakage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 detects | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 current | case |
| 13 | current | current | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 leakage | nmod |
| 14 | through | through | ADP | _ | 16 person | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 person | det |
| 16 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 detects | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | detect | present | a residual current device | a leakage of current | through a person | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer leakage=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | leak | current | nom leakage «event intransitive»: of=agent |
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.
Sentence 2: State the response of the device.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 response | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 device | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 device | det |
| 6 | device | device | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 response | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 response | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It disconnects the supply within a fraction of a second
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 disconnects | nsubj |
| 2 | disconnects | disconnect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 supply | det |
| 4 | supply | supply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 disconnects | obj |
| 5 | within | within | ADP | _ | 7 fraction | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fraction | det |
| 7 | fraction | fraction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 disconnects | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 second | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 second | det |
| 10 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fraction | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disconnect | present | It | the supply | within a fraction of a second | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supply=Patient |
Option 2
It increases the current to the circuit
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 increases | nsubj |
| 2 | increases | increase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 current | det |
| 4 | current | current | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 increases | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 circuit | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 circuit | det |
| 7 | circuit | circuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 increases | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | increase | present | It | the current | to the circuit result | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: agent=Patient current=Extent to circuit=Result |
Option 3
It sounds an alarm but leaves the supply connected
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 sounds | nsubj |
| 2 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 alarm | det |
| 4 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sounds | obj |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 leaves | cc |
| 6 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sounds | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 supply | det |
| 8 | supply | supply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaves | obj |
| 9 | connected | connect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 supply | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | It | a alarm | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location alarm=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | present | the supply | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supply=Theme | |||||
| 3 | connect | participle | the supply not said here | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
It records the event and takes no further action
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 records | nsubj |
| 2 | records | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 event | det |
| 4 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 records | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 takes | cc |
| 6 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 records | conj |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 action | det |
| 8 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 action | amod |
| 9 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 takes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | present | It | the event | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take | present | no further action | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme |
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