Exam question 1 · Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with dogs today

Identify the conduct recommended when a person is approached at speed by an unfamiliar dog.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, conduct, unfamiliar dog · What happens: identify, recommend, approach · To what, where: person, speed

This is exam question 1 of lesson 292 «Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with dogs today» of the biology 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recommended	nsubj
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 approached	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 approached	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 approached	aux:pass
9	approached	approach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 recommended	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 speed	case
11	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 approached	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 dog	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dog	det
14	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dog	amod
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 approached	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	recommend	past	the conduct			vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	approach	present · passive	a unfamiliar dog	a person	speed	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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.

The options

Option 1

Shouting and waving the arms vigorously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 waving	cc
3	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Shouting	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arms	det
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 waving	obj
6	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	_	3 waving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	gerund		the arms				vigorously property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Staring directly into the eyes of the animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	directly	directly	ADV	_	1 Staring	advmod
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 eyes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eyes	det
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Staring	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 animal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eyes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	gerund						into the eyes of the animal; directly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into eye=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Remaining motionless with arms withdrawn and gaze averted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Remaining	xcomp
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 arms	case
4	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Remaining	obl
5	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 arms	acl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gaze	cc
7	gaze	gaze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 withdrawn	conj
8	averted	avert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 withdrawn	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund		with arms; motionless property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	withdraw	participle	arms not said here		tree rules
3	gaze	infinitive			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	avert	participle			tree rules

Option 4

Running away with the utmost haste

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Running	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 haste	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 haste	det
5	utmost	utmost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 haste	amod
6	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	gerund						with the utmost haste; away property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with haste=Material

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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