Exam question 4 · Power stations and the grid

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required of a person during an interruption of the electricity supply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, require, interrupt · To what, where: conduct, electricity supply

This is exam question 4 of lesson 32 «Power stations and the grid» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 conduct	acl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 person	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 person	det
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
15	during	during	ADP	_	17 interruption	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 interruption	det
17	interruption	interruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 supply	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 supply	det
20	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 supply	compound
21	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 interruption	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the conduct		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	require	participle	the conduct not said here	during a interruption of the electricity supply	of a person	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	interrupt		the electricity supply			nom interruption «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

Fallen lines are to be removed from the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fallen	fallen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lines	amod
2	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 removed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 removed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 removed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 removed	aux:pass
6	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present · passive		Fallen lines		the road			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from road=Source

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A torch is to be used in preference to a candle, and fallen lines are not to be touched

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 torch	det
2	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 used	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 used	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 used	aux:pass
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 preference	case
8	preference	preference	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 candle	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 candle	det
11	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 touched	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 touched	cc
14	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 lines	amod
15	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 touched	nsubj:pass
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 touched	aux:pass
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 touched	advmod
18	to	to	PART	_	20 touched	mark
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 touched	aux:pass
20	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 used	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive	a torch	preference	to a candle	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	fall	participle				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not touch	present · passive	fallen lines			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme

Option 3

Candles are to be lit in every room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lit	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lit	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 lit	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 lit	aux:pass
5	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 room	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 room	det
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lit	present · passive		Candles		every room			tree rules

Option 4

The refrigerator is to be opened frequently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 refrigerator	det
2	refrigerator	refrigerator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opened	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 opened	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 opened	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 opened	aux:pass
6	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	6 opened	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present · passive		the refrigerator				frequently property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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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