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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard of a lawnmower to persons standing nearby? Exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 3 · Kitchen and garden dangers

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard of a lawnmower to persons standing nearby?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** persons · **What happens:** follow, characteris, stand, hazard · **To what, where:** hazard, lawnmower

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» of the technology 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/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard of a lawnmower to persons standing nearby?
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	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lawnmower	lawnmower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
16	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 hazard of a lawnmower |  |  |  | of the following statements; to persons; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund | persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **hazard** |  |  | a lawnmower |  |  |  |  | nom hazard «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Its blade may eject stones at considerable speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:e3:o1:1
# text = Its blade may eject stones at considerable speed
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	eject	eject	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eject** | may | Its blade | stones |  | considerable speed |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Its noise may fracture nearby windows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:e3:o2:1
# text = Its noise may fracture nearby windows
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fracture	fracture	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fracture** | may | Its noise | windows |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient |
| 2 | **noise** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom noise «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It emits a gas which renders bystanders unconscious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:e3:o3:1
# text = It emits a gas which renders bystanders unconscious
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	emits	emit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	renders	render	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	bystanders	bystander	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	unconscious	unconscious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emit** | present | It | a gas |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source gas=Theme |
| 2 | **render** | present | a gas | bystanders |  |  |  | unconscious *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bystander=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It attracts insects which may sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:e3:o4:1
# text = It attracts insects which may sting
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	attracts	attract	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attract** | present | It | insects |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient |
| 2 | **sting** | may | insects |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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**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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