Exam question 4 · Road and railway safety

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning electrified railway lines.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Road and railway safety» 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	.	.	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	electrified railway lines		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus line=Experiencer
4	electrify	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

Overhead conductors may carry 25,000 volts, and the current may pass to a person who merely approaches them

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overhead	overhead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conductors	amod
2	conductors	conductor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carry	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 carry	aux
4	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	25,000	25000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 volts	nummod
6	volts	volt	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carry	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pass	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pass	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 current	det
10	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pass	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 pass	aux
12	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 carry	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 person	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 person	det
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pass	obl
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 approaches	nsubj
17	merely	merely	ADV	_	18 approaches	advmod
18	approaches	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 person	acl:relcl
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 approaches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	carry	may	Overhead conductors	25,000 volts		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volt=Theme
2	pass	may	the current		to a person	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to person=Initial_Location
3	approach	present	a person	volts = volt	merely property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

Overhead conductors are harmless unless grasped with both hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overhead	overhead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conductors	amod
2	conductors	conductor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 harmless	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 harmless	cop
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 grasped	mark
6	grasped	grasp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 harmless	advcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hands	case
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 hands	det
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grasped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Overhead conductors					harmless property	tree rules
2	grasp a condition, not said to happen	participle	Overhead conductors not said here					with both hands	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with hand=Instrument

Option 3

The voltage is insufficient to injure a person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 voltage	det
2	voltage	voltage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insufficient	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insufficient	cop
4	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 injure	mark
6	injure	injure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 insufficient	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 injure	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the voltage					insufficient property	tree rules
2	injure	to-infinitive	the voltage not said here	a person					tree rules

Option 4

The current is discontinued whenever a train is stationary

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 stationary	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 train	det
7	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stationary	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stationary	cop
9	stationary	stationary	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discontinued	obl

#	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 a	present	a train	stationary				whenever property	tree rules

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