Exam question 2 · Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries
It is given that a young child may have ingested a button cell battery. State the appropriate course of action.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, ingest · To what, where: It, young child
This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries» 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 young child may have ingested a button cell battery.
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 | _ | 10 ingested | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 child | det |
| 6 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 child | amod |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ingested | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 ingested | aux |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 ingested | aux |
| 10 | ingested | ingest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 battery | det |
| 12 | button | button | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cell | compound |
| 13 | cell | cell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 battery | compound |
| 14 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ingested | obj |
| 15 | . | . | 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 | ingest | may · perfect · passive | a young child | tree rules |
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 appropriate course of action.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 course | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 course | amod |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 action | case |
| 6 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 course | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The child is to be observed for some days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 observed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 observed | aux:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 observed | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 observed | aux:pass |
| 6 | observed | observe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 days | case |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 days | det |
| 9 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 observed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | present · passive | the child | day | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
Option 2
No action is required if the battery was flat or of small size
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 action | det |
| 2 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 required | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 required | aux:pass |
| 4 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 flat | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 battery | det |
| 7 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 flat | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 flat | cop |
| 9 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 required | xcomp |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 size | cc |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 size | case |
| 12 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 size | amod |
| 13 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 flat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present · passive | no action | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | past | the battery | flat property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The child is to be taken to hospital immediately
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 taken | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 taken | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 taken | aux:pass |
| 6 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 hospital | case |
| 8 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 taken | obl |
| 9 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 6 taken | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present · passive | the child | hospital | immediately property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hospital=Destination |
Option 4
The child is to be given water and put to bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 given | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 given | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 given | aux:pass |
| 6 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 given | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 put | cc |
| 9 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 given | conj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 bed | case |
| 11 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | the child | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient water=Theme | |||||
| 2 | put | infinitive | to bed | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
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