Exam question 4 · Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the intermittent chirp of a smoke alarm.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, smoke alarm · What happens: select, establish, concern, chirp · To what, where: response, intermittent chirp

This is exam question 4 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

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	12 chirp	det
11	intermittent	intermittent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 chirp	amod
12	chirp	chirp	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 alarm	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 alarm	det
15	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 alarm	compound
16	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chirp	nmod
17	.	.	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 intermittent chirp of a smoke alarm		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus chirp=Experiencer
4	chirp		a smoke alarm			nom chirp «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It indicates that the battery requires replacement

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 requires	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 battery	det
5	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requires	nsubj
6	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 indicates	ccomp
7	replacement	replacement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	require	present	the battery	replacement					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme replacement=Precondition

Option 2

It indicates that the alarm has become fully charged

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 become	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 alarm	det
5	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 become	nsubj
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 become	aux
7	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 indicates	ccomp
8	fully	fully	ADV	_	9 charged	advmod
9	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	become	present · perfect	the alarm		tree rules
3	charge	participle	the alarm not said here	fully property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It indicates that a fire is in progress

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 progress	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 progress	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 progress	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 progress	case
8	progress	progress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	a fire			progress			tree rules

Option 4

It indicates that the alarm should be removed

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 removed	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 alarm	det
5	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 removed	nsubj:pass
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 removed	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 removed	aux:pass
8	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	remove	should · passive		the alarm					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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