Exam question 2 · Tunnels and what lies under the street

Ascertain the purpose of the coloured markings applied to the carriageway prior to excavation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, coloured markings · What happens: ascertain, apply, purpose · To what, where: purpose, coloured markings

This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Tunnels and what lies under the street» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 markings	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 markings	det
6	coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 markings	amod
7	markings	marking	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 purpose	nmod
8	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 markings	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 carriageway	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 carriageway	det
11	carriageway	carriageway	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 applied	obl
12	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 excavation	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 prior	fixed
14	excavation	excavation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carriageway	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the purpose of the coloured markings		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	apply	participle		the coloured markings not said here	to the carriageway prior excavation	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	purpose		the coloured markings			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

They indicate the position of pipes and cables beneath the surface

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 position	det
4	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 pipes	case
6	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 position	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cables	cc
8	cables	cable	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pipes	conj
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	11 surface	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 surface	det
11	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They	the position of pipes and cables				beneath the surface	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot position=Topic

Option 2

They designate areas reserved for the parking of vehicles belonging to the workmen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 designate	nsubj
2	designate	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	areas	area	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 designate	obj
4	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 areas	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 parking	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parking	det
7	parking	parking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reserved	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 vehicles	case
9	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 parking	nmod
10	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 vehicles	acl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 workmen	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 workmen	det
13	workmen	workman	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 belonging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	designate	present	They	areas		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent area=Theme
2	reserve	participle		areas not said here	for the parking of vehicles	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for parking=Beneficiary
3	belong	gerund	vehicles not said here		to the workmen	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They indicate the location of future potholes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 location	det
4	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 potholes	case
6	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 potholes	amod
7	potholes	pothole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 location	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They	the location of future potholes					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot location=Topic

Option 4

They are applied solely for decorative purposes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 applied	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 applied	aux:pass
3	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 applied	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 purposes	case
6	decorative	decorative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 purposes	amod
7	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 applied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present · passive		They				for decorative purposes; solely property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for purpose=Eventuality

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