Exam question 3 · Batteries

Ascertain the reason for which spent batteries are to be deposited in a separate recycling receptacle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, reason · What happens: ascertain, be, deposit · To what, where: reason, separate recycling receptacle

This is exam question 3 of lesson 34 «Batteries» 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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 spent	nsubj
6	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
7	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spent	obj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 spent	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	11 deposited	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 deposited	aux:pass
11	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 spent	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	16 receptacle	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 receptacle	det
14	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 receptacle	amod
15	recycling	recycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 receptacle	compound
16	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deposited	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	is	present	the reason			spend property	tree rules
3	deposit	to-infinitive · passive	the reason not said here		a separate recycling receptacle		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in receptacle=Destination

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

Refuse vehicles are permitted to accept them only upon Sundays and upon public holidays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refuse	refuse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 vehicles	amod
2	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 permitted	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 permitted	aux:pass
4	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 accept	mark
6	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 permitted	xcomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 accept	obj
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 Sundays	advmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 Sundays	case
10	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 accept	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 holidays	cc
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 holidays	case
13	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 holidays	amod
14	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 Sundays	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		Refuse vehicles					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	accept not said to happen	to-infinitive		vehicles = vehicle			sunday		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

They emit an offensive odour in ordinary receptacles

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 emit	nsubj
2	emit	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 odour	det
4	offensive	offensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 odour	amod
5	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 emit	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 receptacles	case
7	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 receptacles	amod
8	receptacles	receptacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 emit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present	They	a offensive odour		ordinary receptacles			vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source odour=Theme

Option 3

They are of excessive weight for ordinary receptacles

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	5 weight	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 weight	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 weight	case
4	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 weight	amod
5	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 receptacles	case
7	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 receptacles	amod
8	receptacles	receptacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 weight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					of excessive weight; for ordinary receptacles	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Their metals may be recovered and they may otherwise cause fires in refuse vehicles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 metals	nmod:poss
2	metals	metal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recovered	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 recovered	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 recovered	aux:pass
5	recovered	recover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cause	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cause	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 cause	aux
9	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	10 cause	advmod
10	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 recovered	conj
11	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cause	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 vehicles	case
13	refuse	refuse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 vehicles	amod
14	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cause	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover	may · passive		Their metals					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	cause	may	metals = metal	fires		refuse vehicles		otherwise property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient

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