Exam question 2 · Materials and their properties

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a warm coat?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: function

This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «Materials and their properties» 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 coat	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 coat	det
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 coat	amod
14	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
15	?	?	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		the function of a warm coat				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

It generates heat of its own

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 generates	nsubj
2	generates	generate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 generates	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 own	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 own	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 heat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	present	It	heat of heat's own					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient

Option 2

It admits the heat of the Sun

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 admits	nsubj
2	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 heat	det
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admits	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 heat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present	It	the heat of the Sun					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme
2	heat		the Sun						nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

It draws warmth from the surrounding air

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 draws	nsubj
2	draws	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 draws	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 air	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
6	surrounding	surrounding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 air	compound
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 draws	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present	It	warmth		the surrounding air			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent warmth=Theme from air=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It retards the loss of the wearer's own body heat

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 retards	nsubj
2	retards	retard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 loss	det
4	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retards	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	11 heat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wearer	det
7	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heat	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 wearer	case
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 heat	amod
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heat	compound
11	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retard	present	It	the loss of the wearer's own body heat					tree rules
2	heat		the wearer						nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent

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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