Exam question 2 · "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the placing of a mobile telephone within a microwave oven.

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, placing

This is exam question 2 of lesson 175 «"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section» of the world 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 placing	det
11	placing	placing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 telephone	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 telephone	det
14	mobile	mobile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 telephone	amod
15	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 placing	nmod
16	within	within	ADP	_	19 oven	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 oven	det
18	microwave	microwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 oven	compound
19	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
20	.	.	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 placing of a mobile telephone	within a microwave oven	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus placing=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

It charges the battery within ten seconds

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 charges	nsubj
2	charges	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 battery	det
4	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 charges	obj
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 seconds	case
6	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 seconds	nummod
7	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 charges	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	present	It	the battery			second		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location battery=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It may produce sparks and cause a fire

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	3 produce	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 produce	aux
3	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	sparks	spark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 produce	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cause	cc
6	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 produce	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	may	It	sparks					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spark=Result
2	cause	infinitive		a fire					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient

Option 3

It improves the reception of the telephone

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 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reception	det
4	reception	reception	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 telephone	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 telephone	det
7	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reception	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the reception of the telephone					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent reception=Patient
2	receive			the telephone					nom reception «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is safe if undertaken briefly

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	3 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 undertaken	mark
5	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 safe	advcl
6	briefly	briefly	ADV	_	5 undertaken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					safe property	tree rules
2	undertake a condition, not said to happen	participle						briefly property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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