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# Exam question 2 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the danger posed by a remote control lacking its battery cover?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** remote control · **What happens:** follow, characteris, pose, lack · **To what, where:** danger, battery cover

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the danger posed by a remote control lacking its battery cover?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	posed	pose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	remote	remote	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	_
16	lacking	lack	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the danger |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **pose** | participle |  | the danger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **lack** | gerund | a remote control *not said here* | control's battery cover |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The batteries will lose their charge very fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:e2:o1:1
# text = The batteries will lose their charge very fast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | future | the batteries | batteries's charge |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Eventuality |
| 2 | **charge** |  | batteries *= battery* |  |  |  |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A toddler may remove and swallow the batteries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:e2:o2:1
# text = A toddler may remove and swallow the batteries
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toddler	toddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	remove	remove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | may | a toddler |  |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **swallow** | infinitive | a toddler *not said here* | the batteries |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battery=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The remote will cease to function within a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:e2:o3:1
# text = The remote will cease to function within a day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	remote	remote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	function	function	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | future | the remote |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **function** | to-infinitive | the remote *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The remote may switch the television on alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:e2:o4:1
# text = The remote may switch the television on alone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	remote	remote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	switch	switch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch** | may | the remote | the television |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent television=Patient |

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