Exam question 3 · Electricity — circuits, switches and safety
It is given that a second battery is added in a row to a circuit containing a single bulb. Determine the consequent effect upon the bulb.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: circuit, you · What happens: give, add, contain, determine · To what, where: It, second battery, row, single bulb, consequent effect
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a second battery is added in a row to a circuit containing a single bulb.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 added | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 battery | det |
| 6 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 battery | amod |
| 7 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 added | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 added | aux:pass |
| 9 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 row | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 row | det |
| 12 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 added | obl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 circuit | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 circuit | det |
| 15 | circuit | circuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 row | nmod |
| 16 | containing | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 circuit | acl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 bulb | det |
| 18 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 bulb | amod |
| 19 | bulb | bulb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 containing | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | add speech: assert | present · passive | a second battery | a row to a circuit | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | contain | gerund | a circuit not said here | a single bulb | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bulb=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Determine the consequent effect upon the bulb.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 effect | det |
| 3 | consequent | consequent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 effect | compound |
| 4 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 bulb | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bulb | det |
| 7 | bulb | bulb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 effect | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the consequent effect | upon the bulb | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The bulb shall glow more brightly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bulb | det |
| 2 | bulb | bulb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 glow | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 glow | aux |
| 4 | glow | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 glow | advmod |
| 6 | brightly | brightly | ADV | _ | 4 glow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | shall | the bulb | brightly property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The bulb shall glow more dimly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bulb | det |
| 2 | bulb | bulb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 glow | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 glow | aux |
| 4 | glow | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 glow | advmod |
| 6 | dimly | dimly | ADV | _ | 4 glow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | shall | the bulb | dimly property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The bulb shall be extinguished forthwith
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bulb | det |
| 2 | bulb | bulb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 extinguished | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 extinguished | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 extinguished | aux:pass |
| 5 | extinguished | extinguish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | forthwith | forthwith | ADV | _ | 5 extinguished | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | extinguish | shall · passive | the bulb | forthwith property | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
The bulb shall remain wholly unaffected
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bulb | det |
| 2 | bulb | bulb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remain | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 remain | aux |
| 4 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 6 unaffected | advmod |
| 6 | unaffected | unaffected | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 remain | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | shall | the bulb | unaffected property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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