--- title: Identify the principal reason for which extra items dispensed by a m… — Being trusted and what to do with thin… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which extra items dispensed by a machine in error are to be reported. Exam question 2 of lesson 286 «Being trusted and what to do with things you find» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Being trusted and what to do with thin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Being trusted and what to do with things you find Identify the principal reason for which extra items dispensed by a machine in error are to be reported. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, dispense, report · **To what, where:** principal reason, extra items, error This is exam question 2 of lesson 286 «Being trusted and what to do with things you find» 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/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which extra items dispensed by a machine in error are to be reported. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 8 det _ _ 7 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 items item NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 dispensed dispense VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 machine machine NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **dispense** | participle | | which extra items *not said here* | | error | | by a machine | tree rules | | 3 | **report** | present · passive | you *not said here* | which extra items | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Someone else paid for them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find:e2:o1:1 # text = Someone else paid for them 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 2 else else ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | Someone | | | | | for them *= they* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for they=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The items are invariably defective ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find:e2:o2:1 # text = The items are invariably defective 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 items item NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 defective defective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the items | | | | | defective, invariably *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Reporting them earns a reward ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find:e2:o3:1 # text = Reporting them earns a reward 1 Reporting report VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 earns earn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **report** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **earn** | present | Reporting | a reward | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Machines report such errors automatically ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find:e2:o4:1 # text = Machines report such errors automatically 1 Machines machine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 report report VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 errors error NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 automatically automatically ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **report** | present | Machines | such errors | | | | automatically *property* | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent error=Patient | **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. 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