Exam question 4 · Saving water and energy at home

Ascertain the function of insulation in the roof and walls of a house.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain · To what, where: function

This is exam question 4 of lesson 89 «Saving water and energy at home» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 insulation	case
5	insulation	insulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 roof	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roof	det
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 insulation	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 walls	cc
10	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 roof	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walls	nmod
14	.	.	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 function of insulation in the roof and walls of a house					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic

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 cools the house by admitting wind

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 cools	nsubj
2	cools	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cools	obj
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 admitting	mark
6	admitting	admit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cools	advcl
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 admitting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	present	It	the house					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient
2	admit speech: other	gerund		wind					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme

Option 2

It draws heat into the house from the ground

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	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 draws	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 draws	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 draws	obl

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It keeps heat inside the house in winter

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	heat		the house	winter		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent heat=Theme inside house=Location

Option 4

It increases the loss of heat in winter

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 increases	nsubj
2	increases	increase	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 increases	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 heat	case
6	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loss	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	It	the loss of heat			winter		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer loss=Patient

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