Exam question 3 · Phones and computer chips

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the disposal of mobile telephones.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, disposal

This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Phones and computer chips» 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	_	14 telephones	case
13	mobile	mobile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 telephones	amod
14	telephones	telephone	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 disposal	nmod
15	.	.	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 mobile telephones		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 are dissolved by water once flushed into the 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	3 dissolved	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dissolved	aux:pass
3	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dissolved	obl
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 flushed	advmod
7	flushed	flush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dissolved	advcl
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 drain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 drain	det
10	drain	drain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present · passive	water	They					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	flush	past	water not said here			the drain		once property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They must not be placed in household waste, since their batteries may ignite

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	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 placed	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 placed	aux:pass
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 waste	case
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waste	compound
8	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ignite	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 ignite	mark
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 batteries	nmod:poss
12	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 ignite	nsubj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 ignite	aux
14	ignite	ignite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 placed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not place	must · passive		They		household waste			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in waste=Destination
2	ignite	may	their batteries						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

They may safely be placed with food waste for collection

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	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	aux
3	safely	safely	ADV	_	5 placed	advmod
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	_	8 waste	case
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waste	compound
8	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 collection	case
10	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	may · passive		They				with food waste; for collection; safely property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

They contain no recoverable materials of any value whatsoever

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 contain	nsubj
2	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 materials	det
4	recoverable	recoverable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 materials	amod
5	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 value	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 value	det
8	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 materials	nmod
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 contain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	They	no recoverable materials of any value				whatsoever property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot material=Theme

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