Exam question 4 · Electric cars and charging

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the emissions of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, emit · To what, where: response, emissions, cell vehicle

This is exam question 4 of lesson 19 «Electric cars and charging» 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 emissions	det
11	emissions	emission	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 vehicle	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 vehicle	det
14	hydrogen	hydrogen	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fuel	compound
15	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cell	compound
16	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 vehicle	compound
17	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 emissions	nmod
18	.	.	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 emissions of a cell vehicle		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus emission=Experiencer
4	emit			a cell vehicle		nom emission «act 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

Water is the sole product emitted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 product	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 product	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 product	det
4	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 product	amod
5	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 product	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Water	the sole product					tree rules
2	emit	participle		the sole product not said here					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source

Option 2

Carbon monoxide is emitted in quantity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 monoxide	compound
2	monoxide	monoxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 emitted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 emitted	aux:pass
4	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 quantity	case
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 emitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present · passive		Carbon monoxide		quantity			vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Black smoke is emitted continuously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 smoke	amod
2	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 emitted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 emitted	aux:pass
4	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	continuously	continuously	ADV	_	4 emitted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present · passive		Black smoke				continuously property	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Petrol vapour is emitted whilst at idle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Petrol	petrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 vapour	compound
2	vapour	vapour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 emitted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 emitted	aux:pass
4	emitted	emit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	7 idle	mark
6	at	at	ADP	_	5 whilst	fixed
7	idle	idle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 emitted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present · passive		Petrol vapour				idle property	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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