Exam question 2 · Trains and the Underground

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning electrified railway lines in the absence of any train.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, electrify, absent · To what, where: response, electrified railway lines, absence, train

This is exam question 2 of lesson 21 «Trains and the Underground» 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	electrified	electrify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 lines	amod
11	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lines	compound
12	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 absence	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 absence	det
15	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lines	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 train	case
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	18 train	det
18	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 absence	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	electrified railway lines	the absence of any train		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus line=Experiencer
4	electrify	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	absent			any train			nom absence «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

Only the stones beneath the rails present any hazard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 stones	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stones	det
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 present	nsubj
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 rails	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rails	det
6	rails	rail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stones	nmod
7	present	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 hazard	det
9	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 present	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	present	the stones beneath the rails	any hazard					vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme

Option 2

The current is discontinued whenever the line is unoccupied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 current	det
2	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discontinued	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 discontinued	aux:pass
4	discontinued	discontinue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 unoccupied	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 line	det
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unoccupied	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 unoccupied	cop
9	unoccupied	unoccupied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 discontinued	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discontinue	present · passive		the current					vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
2	is	present	the line					unoccupied, whenever property	tree rules

Option 3

Such lines are entirely harmless until a train approaches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lines	amod
2	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 harmless	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 harmless	cop
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 harmless	advmod
5	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 approaches	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 train	det
8	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 approaches	nsubj
9	approaches	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 harmless	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such lines					entirely, harmless property	tree rules
2	approach	present	a train						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A live rail or overhead conductor remains capable of inflicting fatal injury even when no train is present

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rail	det
2	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rail	amod
3	rail	rail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remains	nsubj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 conductor	cc
5	overhead	overhead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 conductor	amod
6	conductor	conductor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rail	conj
7	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 remains	xcomp
9	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 inflicting	mark
10	inflicting	inflict	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 capable	advcl
11	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 injury	amod
12	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inflicting	obj
13	even	even	ADV	_	18 present	advmod
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 present	advmod
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 train	det
16	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 present	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 present	cop
18	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 capable	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remain	present	a live rail or overhead conductor		capable property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	inflict	gerund	a live rail or overhead conductor not said here	fatal injury		tree rules
3	is	present	no train		present property	tree rules

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