Exam question 1 · Electricity — circuits, switches and safety

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition necessary for the flow of electricity?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: electricity · What happens: follow, characteris, flow · To what, where: condition

This is exam question 1 of lesson 55 «Electricity — circuits, switches and safety» 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 condition	det
10	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 condition	amod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 flow	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 flow	det
14	flow	flow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 necessary	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 electricity	case
16	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flow	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the condition	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	flow		electricity			nom flow «event intransitive»: of=agent

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 circuit must contain at least one gap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 circuit	det
2	circuit	circuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contain	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 contain	aux
4	contain	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 least	case
6	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 one	nmod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 gap	nummod
8	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	must	the circuit	one gap					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gap=Theme

Option 2

The circuit must be immersed in water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 circuit	det
2	circuit	circuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 immersed	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 immersed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 immersed	aux:pass
5	immersed	immerse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 immersed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	immerse	must · passive		the circuit		water			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in water=Destination

Option 3

The wires must be coated externally in a layer of metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wires	det
2	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 coated	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 coated	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 coated	aux:pass
5	coated	coat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	externally	externally	ADV	_	5 coated	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 layer	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 layer	det
9	layer	layer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coated	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 metal	case
11	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 layer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coat	must · passive		the wires				in a layer of metal; externally property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in layer=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The circuit must be complete, without any gap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 circuit	det
2	circuit	circuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 complete	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 complete	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 complete	cop
5	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gap	punct
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 gap	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 gap	det
9	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 complete	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	the circuit					without any gap; complete property	tree rules

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