Exam question 2 · Phones and how a call travels

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the emergency telephone numbers in the United Kingdom.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, emergency telephone numbers, United Kingdom

This is exam question 2 of lesson 35 «Phones and how a call travels» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 numbers	det
11	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 numbers	compound
12	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 numbers	compound
13	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 Kingdom	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Kingdom	det
16	United	United	PROPN	_	17 Kingdom	flat
17	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 numbers	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	the emergency telephone numbers	the United Kingdom		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus number=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

The emergency numbers operate solely from landline telephones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 numbers	det
2	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 numbers	compound
3	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 operate	nsubj
4	operate	operate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 operate	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 telephones	case
7	landline	landline	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 telephones	compound
8	telephones	telephone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 operate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	operate	present	the emergency numbers			landline telephones		solely property	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The emergency numbers require a minimum of one pound in credit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 numbers	det
2	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 numbers	compound
3	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 require	nsubj
4	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 minimum	det
6	minimum	minimum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 require	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pound	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 pound	nummod
9	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 minimum	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 credit	case
11	credit	credit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 require	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the emergency numbers	a minimum of one pound		credit			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme minimum=Precondition

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Both 999 and 112 connect the caller to an emergency operator, even in the absence of credit

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 999	det
2	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 connect	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 112	cc
4	112	112	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 999	conj
5	connect	connect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 caller	det
7	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 connect	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 operator	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 operator	det
10	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 operator	compound
11	operator	operator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 connect	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 absence	punct
13	even	even	ADV	_	16 absence	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 absence	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 absence	det
16	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 connect	parataxis
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 credit	case
18	credit	credit	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	connect	present	both 999	the caller				to a emergency operator	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent caller=Patient to operator=Co-Patient
2	absent			credit					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Only 911 connects the caller to an operator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 911	advmod
2	911	911	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 connects	nsubj
3	connects	connect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 caller	det
5	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 connects	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 operator	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 operator	det
8	operator	operator	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 connects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	connect	present	911	the caller				to a operator	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent caller=Patient to operator=Co-Patient

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