Exam question 1 · Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the device commonly designated the black box.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, device · What happens: select, establish, concern, designate · To what, where: response, device, black box

This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones» 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 device	det
11	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	13 designated	advmod
13	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 device	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 box	det
15	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 box	amod
16	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 designated	obj
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 device		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus device=Experiencer
4	designate	past	the device not said here	the black box	commonly property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme

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

It is a single black container concealed in order to deter theft

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	6 container	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 container	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 container	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 container	amod
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 container	amod
6	container	container	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 container	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 order	case
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concealed	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 deter	mark
11	deter	deter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 concealed	advcl
12	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deter	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a single black container		tree rules
2	conceal	participle		a single black container not said here	order	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in order=Location
3	deter	to-infinitive		theft		vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer theft=Eventuality

Option 2

It records solely the entertainment viewed by passengers

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 records	nsubj
2	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 records	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 entertainment	det
5	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 records	obj
6	viewed	view	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 entertainment	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 passengers	case
8	passengers	passenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 viewed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	It	the entertainment				solely property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entertainment=Theme
2	view	participle		the entertainment not said here				by passengers	vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It comprises two robust recorders of flight data and cockpit sounds, coloured bright orange to facilitate their recovery

The tree, 18 words

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 comprises	nsubj
2	comprises	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 recorders	nummod
4	robust	robust	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 recorders	amod
5	recorders	recorder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comprises	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 data	case
7	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 data	compound
8	data	data	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recorders	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sounds	cc
10	cockpit	cockpit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sounds	compound
11	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 data	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 orange	punct
13	coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 orange	amod
14	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 orange	amod
15	orange	orange	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recorders	nmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 facilitate	mark
17	facilitate	facilitate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 orange	acl
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 recovery	nmod:poss
19	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 facilitate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	comprise	present	It	two robust recorders of flight data and cockpit sounds coloured bright orange	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme recorder=Pivot
2	facilitate	to-infinitive		sounds's recovery	tree rules
3	recover		sounds = sound		nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is jettisoned by the pilot prior to every landing

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 jettisoned	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 jettisoned	aux:pass
3	jettisoned	jettison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 pilot	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pilot	det
6	pilot	pilot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jettisoned	obl
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 landing	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 prior	fixed
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 landing	det
10	landing	landing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jettisoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jettison	present · passive	the pilot	It				prior every landing	tree rules

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