Exam question 2 · Olympiad: machines at home and in the factory ★★★

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the operation of a domestic refrigerator.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: machines at home and in the factory ★★★» 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 refrigerator	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 refrigerator	det
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 refrigerator	amod
15	refrigerator	refrigerator	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 domestic refrigerator		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus operation=Experiencer
4	operate			a domestic refrigerator		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 · ← Mova's choice

It destroys heat by means of a chemical reaction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 destroys	nsubj
2	destroys	destroy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 destroys	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 means	case
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 destroys	advcl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 reaction	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 reaction	det
8	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 reaction	amod
9	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	present	It	heat					vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument heat=Patient
2	mean	present						of a chemical reaction	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It manufactures cold air, which it stores within its walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 manufactures	nsubj
2	manufactures	manufacture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 air	amod
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 manufactures	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stores	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stores	nsubj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stores	nsubj
8	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 air	acl:relcl
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 walls	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 walls	nmod:poss
11	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stores	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manufacture	present	It	cold air					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Result
2	store	present	cold air					within air's walls	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It transfers heat from its interior and releases it from pipes at the rear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 transfers	nsubj
2	transfers	transfer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfers	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 interior	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 interior	nmod:poss
6	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfers	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 releases	cc
8	releases	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 transfers	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 releases	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 pipes	case
11	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 releases	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 rear	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rear	det
14	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 releases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	present	It	heat		heat's interior			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent heat=Theme from interior=Initial_Location
2	release	present		heat		pipes		at the rear	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer it=Source

Option 4

It cools the room in which it is placed when its door is left open

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cools	nsubj
2	cools	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 room	det
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cools	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 placed	obl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 placed	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 placed	aux:pass
9	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 room	acl:relcl
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 left	mark
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 door	nmod:poss
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 left	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 left	aux:pass
14	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 placed	advcl
15	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cool	present	It	the room			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent room=Patient
2	place	present · passive		room	the room		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination
3	leave	present · passive		room's door		open property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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