Exam question 3 · Tunnels and what lies under the street
Identify the principal reason for which the illumination at the portal of a road tunnel exceeds that within.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, illumination · What happens: identify, exceed · To what, where: principal reason
This is exam question 3 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 exceeds | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 illumination | det |
| 8 | illumination | illumination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 exceeds | nsubj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 portal | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 portal | det |
| 11 | portal | portal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 illumination | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 tunnel | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 tunnel | det |
| 14 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 tunnel | compound |
| 15 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 portal | nmod |
| 16 | exceeds | exceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reason | acl |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 exceeds | obj |
| 18 | within | within | ADP | _ | 16 exceeds | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | 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 reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | exceed | present | the illumination at the portal of a road tunnel | the principal reason | for the principal reason | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=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 right answer
The eyes of drivers are thereby permitted to adapt to the reduced light
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 eyes | det |
| 2 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 permitted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 drivers | case |
| 4 | drivers | driver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eyes | nmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 permitted | aux:pass |
| 6 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 7 permitted | advmod |
| 7 | permitted | permit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 adapt | mark |
| 9 | adapt | adapt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 permitted | xcomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 light | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 light | det |
| 12 | reduced | reduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 light | amod |
| 13 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 adapt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | permit | present · passive | the eyes of drivers | thereby property | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | adapt not said to happen | to-infinitive | to the reduced light goal | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent to light=Goal | |||||
| 3 | reduce | participle | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |
Option 2
Electricity is thereby economised at the portal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 economised | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 economised | aux:pass |
| 3 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 4 economised | advmod |
| 4 | economised | economise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 portal | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 portal | det |
| 7 | portal | portal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 economised | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | economise | present · passive | Electricity | the portal | thereby property | tree rules |
Option 3
The name of the tunnel is thereby rendered visible at a distance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 name | det |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rendered | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 tunnel | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tunnel | det |
| 5 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 name | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rendered | aux:pass |
| 7 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 8 rendered | advmod |
| 8 | rendered | render | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | visible | visible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rendered | xcomp |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 distance | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 distance | det |
| 12 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rendered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | render | present · passive | the name of the tunnel | at a distance; thereby, visible property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | name | the tunnel | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
Animals are thereby deterred from entering
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 deterred | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 deterred | aux:pass |
| 3 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 4 deterred | advmod |
| 4 | deterred | deter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 entering | case |
| 6 | entering | entering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deterred | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deter | present · passive | Animals | entering | thereby property | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: subject=Beneficiary from entering=Eventuality |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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