Exam question 1 · Bottles, cans and recycling

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the manufacture of a plastic drinks bottle?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, manufacture · To what, where: manufacture, plastic drinks bottle

This is exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Bottles, cans and recycling» 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 manufacture	det
10	manufacture	manufacture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 bottle	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bottle	det
13	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bottle	amod
14	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 bottle	compound
15	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 manufacture	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the manufacture of a plastic drinks bottle	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	manufacture		a plastic drinks bottle		nom manufacture «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

The bottle is assembled from flat plastic panels united by glue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bottle	det
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assembled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 assembled	aux:pass
4	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 panels	case
6	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 panels	amod
7	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 panels	amod
8	panels	panel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 assembled	obl
9	united	unite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 panels	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 glue	case
11	glue	glue	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 united	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assemble	present · passive		the bottle		flat plastic panels			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: subject=Product from panel=Material
2	unite	participle		flat plastic panels not said here				by glue	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Molten plastic is poured into a mould and permitted to set as a solid block

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Molten	molten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 plastic	amod
2	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 poured	aux:pass
4	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 mould	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mould	det
7	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 permitted	cc
9	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 poured	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 set	mark
11	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 permitted	xcomp
12	as	as	ADP	_	15 block	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 block	det
14	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 block	amod
15	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pour	present · passive	Molten plastic	a mould		vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme into mould=Destination
2	permit	participle				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality
3	set not said to happen	to-infinitive			as a solid block	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The bottle is carved from a single block of plastic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bottle	det
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carved	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 carved	aux:pass
4	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 block	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 block	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 block	amod
8	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carved	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 plastic	case
10	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 block	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	present · passive		the bottle		a single block of plastic			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from block=Material

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A heated preform is inflated with air within a mould shaped as the bottle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 preform	det
2	heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 preform	amod
3	preform	preform	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inflated	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 inflated	aux:pass
5	inflated	inflate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 air	case
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inflated	obl
8	within	within	ADP	_	10 mould	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mould	det
10	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inflated	obl
11	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 mould	acl
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 bottle	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bottle	det
14	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shaped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	heat	participle			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	inflate	present · passive	a heated preform	with air; within a mould	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with air=Instrument
3	shape	participle	a mould not said here	as the bottle	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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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