Exam question 3 · Bottles, cans and recycling

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the disposal of batteries.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, disposal

This is exam question 3 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	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	11 disposal	det
11	disposal	disposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 batteries	case
13	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 disposal	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 disposal of batteries		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disposal=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 · ← Mova's choice

They present no hazard whatsoever in any receptacle

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 present	nsubj
2	present	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 hazard	det
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 present	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 present	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 receptacle	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 receptacle	det
8	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 present	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	present	They	no hazard		any receptacle		whatsoever property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme

Option 2

They are to be placed with paper and cardboard for recycling

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 placed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 placed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 placed	aux:pass
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 paper	case
7	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cardboard	cc
9	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paper	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 recycling	case
11	recycling	recycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		They				with paper and cardboard; for recycling	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are to be deposited in designated battery bins, since they may cause fires in recycling vehicles

The tree, 17 words

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 deposited	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 deposited	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 deposited	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 deposited	aux:pass
5	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 bins	case
7	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 bins	amod
8	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bins	compound
9	bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 deposited	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cause	punct
11	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 cause	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 cause	nsubj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 cause	aux
14	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 deposited	conj
15	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 cause	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 vehicles	case
17	recycling	recycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 vehicles	compound
18	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 cause	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	deposit	present · passive		They	designated battery bins	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in bin=Destination
2	designate	participle				vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	cause	may	bins = bin	fires	recycling vehicles	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient

Option 4

They are to be disposed of via the household drain

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 disposed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 disposed	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 disposed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 disposed	aux:pass
5	disposed	dispose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 disposed	obl
7	via	via	ADP	_	10 drain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 drain	det
9	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drain	compound
10	drain	drain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispose	present · passive		They				via the household drain	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: subject=Patient

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