Exam question 3 · Electricity at home and staying safe
It is given that a person is receiving an electric shock. Ascertain the action which must be taken first.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: person, you · What happens: give, receive, ascertain, take · To what, where: It, electric shock, action
This is exam question 3 of lesson 87 «Electricity at home and staying safe» 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 person is receiving an electric shock.
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 | _ | 8 receiving | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 receiving | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 receiving | aux |
| 8 | receiving | receive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 shock | det |
| 10 | electric | electric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 shock | amod |
| 11 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 receiving | obj |
| 12 | . | . | 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 | receive | present · progressive | a person | a electric shock | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shock=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: Ascertain the action which must be taken first.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 action | det |
| 3 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 taken | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 taken | aux:pass |
| 7 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 action | acl:relcl |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 taken | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the action | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Topic | ||||
| 2 | take | must · passive | the action | first property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Pour water upon the person at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pour | pour | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pour | obj |
| 3 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 person | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pour | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Pour | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | imperative | you not said here | water | upon the person | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
Option 2
Pull the person away with wet hands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 person | det |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Pull | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 hands | case |
| 6 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hands | amod |
| 7 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pull | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull away | imperative | you not said here | the person | with wet hands; away property | tree rules |
Option 3
Seize the person firmly by the hand forthwith and pull
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seize | seize | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 person | det |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Seize | obj |
| 4 | firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 1 Seize | advmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 hand | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hand | det |
| 7 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Seize | obl |
| 8 | forthwith | forthwith | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hand | amod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 pull | cc |
| 10 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Seize | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | imperative | you not said here | the person | by the hand; firmly property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme | |||
| 2 | pull | present | you not said here | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Switch off the power before touching the person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switch | switch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Switch | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 power | det |
| 4 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Switch | obj |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 touching | mark |
| 6 | touching | touch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Switch | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 touching | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | imperative | you not said here | the power | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | ||||
| 2 | touch | gerund | you not said here | the person | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme person=Co-Theme |
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