Exam question 3 · Kitchen and garden dangers

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard of a lawnmower to persons standing nearby?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: persons · What happens: follow, characteris, stand, hazard · To what, where: hazard, lawnmower

This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hazard	det
10	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 lawnmower	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lawnmower	det
13	lawnmower	lawnmower	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hazard	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 persons	case
15	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
16	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 persons	acl
17	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	16 standing	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the hazard of a lawnmower	of the following statements; to persons; accurately property	tree rules
3	stand	gerund	persons not said here		nearby property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	hazard			a lawnmower		nom hazard «state transitive»: of=patient

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

Its blade may eject stones at considerable speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 blade	nmod:poss
2	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eject	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 eject	aux
4	eject	eject	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eject	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 speed	case
7	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 speed	amod
8	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eject	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eject	may	Its blade	stones		considerable speed			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme

Option 2

Its noise may fracture nearby windows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 noise	nmod:poss
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fracture	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fracture	aux
4	fracture	fracture	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	4 fracture	advmod
6	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fracture	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fracture	may	Its noise	windows				nearby property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient
2	noise		Its = it						nom noise «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It emits a gas which renders bystanders unconscious

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 emits	nsubj
2	emits	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gas	det
4	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 emits	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 renders	nsubj
6	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gas	acl:relcl
7	bystanders	bystander	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 renders	obj
8	unconscious	unconscious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present	It	a gas					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source gas=Theme
2	render	present	a gas	bystanders				unconscious property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bystander=Theme

Option 4

It attracts insects which may sting

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 attracts	nsubj
2	attracts	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attracts	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 sting	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 sting	aux
6	sting	sting	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 insects	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	It	insects					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient
2	sting	may	insects						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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