Exam question 4 · Computers and screens

Ascertain the reason for which the fan of a computer accelerates during demanding tasks.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, fan · What happens: ascertain, accelerate, demand · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 4 of lesson 36 «Computers and screens» 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	11 accelerates	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fan	det
7	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accelerates	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 computer	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 computer	det
10	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fan	nmod
11	accelerates	accelerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
12	during	during	ADP	_	14 tasks	case
13	demanding	demand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 tasks	amod
14	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 accelerates	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	accelerate	present	the fan of a computer		during demanding tasks	for the reason	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	demand speech: request	gerund					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=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

The loudspeakers are thereby activated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 loudspeakers	det
2	loudspeakers	loudspeaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 activated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 activated	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 activated	advmod
5	activated	activate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	activate	present · passive		the loudspeakers				thereby property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The chips generate additional heat which must be carried away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chips	det
2	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 generate	nsubj
3	generate	generate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 heat	amod
5	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 generate	obj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 carried	nsubj:pass
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 carried	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 carried	aux:pass
9	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 heat	acl:relcl
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	present	the chips	additional heat					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient
2	carry away	must · passive		additional heat				away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The battery requires agitation in order to release further electrical energy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 battery	det
2	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	agitation	agitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 order	case
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 release	mark
8	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 requires	advcl
9	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 release	advmod
10	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 energy	amod
11	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 release	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the battery	agitation		order			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme agitation=Precondition
2	release	to-infinitive	the battery not said here	electrical energy				far property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer energy=Source

Option 4

The screen requires additional air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 screen	det
2	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 air	amod
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the screen	additional air					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme air=Precondition

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