Exam question 4 · Electricity — circuits, switches and safety

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the construction of electric wires.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, construct · To what, where: response, construction, electric wires

This is exam question 4 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 construction	det
13	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 wires	case
15	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wires	amod
16	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 construction	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the construction of electric wires		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus construction=Experiencer
5	construct			electric wires		nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

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 consist of rubber throughout their entire length

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 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 rubber	case
4	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	8 length	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 length	nmod:poss
7	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 length	amod
8	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They				throughout their entire length	of rubber	tree rules

Option 2

They consist of plastic internally with a metal coating externally

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 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 plastic	case
4	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl
5	internally	internally	ADV	_	2 consist	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 coating	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 coating	det
8	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coating	compound
9	coating	coating	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl
10	externally	externally	ADV	_	2 consist	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They					of plastic; with a metal coating; externally, internally property	tree rules

Option 3

They consist of glass internally with a wooden coating externally

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 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 glass	case
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl
5	internally	internally	ADV	_	2 consist	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 coating	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 coating	det
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coating	amod
9	coating	coating	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl
10	externally	externally	ADV	_	2 consist	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They					of glass; with a wooden coating; externally, internally property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They consist of metal internally with a plastic coating externally

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 consist	nsubj
2	consist	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 metal	case
4	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl
5	internally	internally	ADV	_	2 consist	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 coating	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 coating	det
8	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coating	amod
9	coating	coating	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consist	obl
10	externally	externally	ADV	_	2 consist	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	They					of metal; with a plastic coating; externally, internally property	tree rules

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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