Exam question 2 · Bicycles and other wheels

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the selection of gears upon an ascending gradient.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, ascend · To what, where: response, selection, gears

This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Bicycles and other wheels» 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 selection	det
11	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 gears	case
13	gears	gear	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 selection	nmod
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 gradient	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 gradient	det
16	ascending	ascend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 gradient	amod
17	gradient	gradient	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
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 selection of gears	upon a ascending gradient	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus selection=Experiencer
4	ascend	gerund				vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	select			gears		nom selection «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

Gears serve solely to alter the sound produced by the bicycle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gears	gear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 serve	nsubj
2	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 serve	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 alter	mark
5	alter	alter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 serve	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sound	det
7	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 alter	obj
8	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sound	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 bicycle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bicycle	det
11	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	serve	present	Gears		solely property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	alter	to-infinitive	Gears not said here	the sound		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sound=Patient
3	produce	participle		the sound not said here	by the bicycle	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The smallest rear sprocket renders each revolution of the pedals less arduous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 renders	det
2	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 renders	amod
3	rear	rear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 renders	amod
4	sprocket	sprocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renders	compound
5	renders	render	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 revolution	det
7	revolution	revolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 arduous	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 pedals	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pedals	det
10	pedals	pedal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 revolution	nmod
11	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 arduous	advmod
12	arduous	arduous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 renders	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revolt		the pedals						nom revolution «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The ascent should be undertaken by pedalling in reverse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ascent	det
2	ascent	ascent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undertaken	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 undertaken	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 undertaken	aux:pass
5	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 pedalling	case
7	pedalling	pedalling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undertaken	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 reverse	case
9	reverse	reverse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undertaken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	should · passive	pedalling	the ascent		reverse			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A larger rear sprocket renders each revolution of the pedals less arduous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 renders	det
2	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 renders	amod
3	rear	rear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 renders	amod
4	sprocket	sprocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renders	compound
5	renders	render	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 revolution	det
7	revolution	revolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 arduous	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 pedals	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pedals	det
10	pedals	pedal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 revolution	nmod
11	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 arduous	advmod
12	arduous	arduous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 renders	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revolt		the pedals						nom revolution «event intransitive»: of=agent

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