Exam question 1 · Toys and Lego

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises injection moulding?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: injection moulding

This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Toys and Lego» 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	injection	injection	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 moulding	compound
10	moulding	moulding	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		injection moulding				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Molten plastic is forced under pressure into a closed metal mould, cooled, and ejected

The tree, 14 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 forced	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forced	aux:pass
4	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	6 pressure	case
6	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forced	obl
7	into	into	ADP	_	11 mould	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mould	det
9	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 mould	amod
10	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mould	compound
11	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forced	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cooled	punct
13	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 forced	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ejected	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 ejected	cc
16	ejected	eject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 forced	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	force	present · passive	Molten plastic	pressure	into a closed metal mould	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
2	close	participle				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	cool	participle				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	eject	participle				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Plastic sheets are stitched together over a frame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sheets	compound
2	sheets	sheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stitched	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stitched	aux:pass
4	stitched	stitch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	together	together	ADV	_	4 stitched	advmod
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 frame	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 frame	det
8	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stitched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stitch together	present · passive		Plastic sheets		a frame		together property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

Plastic string is deposited in successive layers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 string	amod
2	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deposited	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 deposited	aux:pass
4	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 layers	case
6	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 layers	amod
7	layers	layer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 deposited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deposit	present · passive		Plastic string		successive layers			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in layer=Destination

Option 4

Liquid rubber is coated upon a former by dipping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rubber	amod
2	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coated	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 coated	aux:pass
4	coated	coat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 former	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 former	det
7	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 coated	obl
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 dipping	mark
9	dipping	dip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 coated	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coat	present · passive		Liquid rubber				upon a former	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination
2	dip	gerund							vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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