Exam question 2 · Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones

Identify the principal function of air traffic control.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 control	case
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 control	compound
7	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 control	compound
8	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of air traffic control					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=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

The sale of tickets and the allocation of seats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sale	det
2	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tickets	case
4	tickets	ticket	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sale	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 allocation	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 allocation	det
7	allocation	allocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tickets	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 seats	case
9	seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 allocation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allocate			seats					nom allocation «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The reporting of weather conditions to passengers exclusively

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reporting	det
2	reporting	reporting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 conditions	case
4	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conditions	compound
5	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reporting	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 passengers	case
7	passengers	passenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 conditions	nmod
8	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	7 passengers	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report			weather conditions to passengers					nom reporting «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The maintenance of separation between aircraft by means of radar and radio, together with the issuing of clearances to depart and land

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 maintenance	det
2	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 separation	case
4	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 maintenance	nmod
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 aircraft	case
6	aircraft	aircraft	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 separation	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 means	case
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 radar	case
10	radar	radar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 radio	cc
12	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 radar	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 issuing	punct
14	together	together	ADV	_	17 issuing	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 issuing	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 issuing	det
17	issuing	issuing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	parataxis
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 clearances	case
19	clearances	clearance	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 issuing	nmod
20	to	to	PART	_	21 depart	mark
21	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 issuing	acl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 land	cc
23	land	land	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 depart	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the maintenance of separation between aircraft		of radar and radio	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	depart	to-infinitive	the maintenance of separation between aircraft not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	land	infinitive	the maintenance of separation between aircraft not said here			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	maintain			separation between aircraft		nom maintenance «act transitive»: of=patient
5	issue			clearances		nom issuing «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The refuelling of aircraft upon the apron

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 refuelling	det
2	refuelling	refuelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 aircraft	case
4	aircraft	aircraft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refuelling	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 apron	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 apron	det
7	apron	apron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refuelling	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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