Exam question 2 · Rivers, canals and boats: locks, weirs, water-mills, barge…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the operation of a canal lock.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, operate · To what, where: response, operation, canal lock

This is exam question 2 of lesson 41 «Rivers, canals and boats: locks, weirs, water-mills, barges and how not to tip a rowing boat» 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 operation	det
11	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 lock	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 lock	det
14	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lock	compound
15	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 operation	nmod
16	.	.	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 operation of a canal lock		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus operation=Experiencer
4	operate			a canal lock		nom operation «state 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 vessel is hauled up a ramp by a team of horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vessel	det
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hauled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hauled	aux:pass
4	hauled	haul	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 hauled	compound:prt
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ramp	det
7	ramp	ramp	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hauled	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 team	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 team	det
10	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hauled	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 horses	case
12	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 team	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	haul up	present · passive	a team of horses	the vessel					tree rules

Option 2

The water is boiled until it rises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boiled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 boiled	aux:pass
4	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 rises	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rises	nsubj
7	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 boiled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	present · passive		the water					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	rise	present	water						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The vessel is raised by an engine of great power concealed beneath the lock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vessel	det
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 raised	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 raised	aux:pass
4	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 engine	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 engine	det
7	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 raised	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 power	case
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 power	amod
10	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 engine	nmod
11	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 power	acl
12	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	14 lock	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lock	det
14	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	present · passive	a engine of great power	the vessel					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	conceal	participle		great power not said here		the lock			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath lock=Location

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

Water admitted from the higher level raises the vessel, no pump being required

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raises	nsubj
2	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Water	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 level	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 level	det
5	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 level	amod
6	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admitted	obl
7	raises	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vessel	det
9	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raises	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pump	punct
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 pump	det
12	pump	pump	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raises	obl
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 required	aux:pass
14	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 pump	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	participle		Water not said here	the higher level		vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	raise	present	Water	the vessel		no pump obl	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme
3	require	gerund · passive		no pump not said here			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»

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