Exam question 3 · Going up and down stairs safely

It being given that a person must convey a load down a staircase, select the response that is consistent with established safe practice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person, response · What happens: give, convey, select, be, establish · To what, where: It, load, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1 «Going up and down stairs safely» 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.

The question

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 convey	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 convey	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 convey	aux
8	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 load	det
10	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 convey	obj
11	down	down	ADP	_	13 staircase	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 staircase	det
13	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 convey	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 select	punct
15	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 convey	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 response	det
17	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 select	obj
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 consistent	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 consistent	cop
20	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 response	acl:relcl
21	with	with	ADP	_	24 practice	case
22	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 practice	amod
23	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 practice	amod
24	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 consistent	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	convey	must	a person	a load	down a staircase	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent load=Topic
3	select	infinitive	a person not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
4	is	present	the response		with established safe practice; consistent property	tree rules
5	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

The load should be carried as rapidly as possible so as to shorten the descent

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 load	det
2	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 carried	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 carried	aux:pass
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 rapidly	advmod
7	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	5 carried	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 possible	mark
9	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 carried	advcl
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 shorten	advmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 shorten	mark
12	to	to	PART	_	13 shorten	mark
13	shorten	shorten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 carried	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 descent	det
15	descent	descent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shorten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	should · passive		the load				rapidly property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	shorten	to-infinitive		the descent					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent descent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The load should be such that the steps and feet remain visible, one hand being kept free for the rail

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 load	det
2	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 such	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 such	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 such	cop
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 remain	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 steps	det
8	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 remain	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feet	cc
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 steps	conj
11	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 such	ccomp
12	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remain	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 kept	punct
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 hand	nummod
15	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 kept	nsubj:pass
16	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 kept	aux:pass
17	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 such	conj
18	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 kept	xcomp
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 rail	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 rail	det
21	rail	rail	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	should	the load		such property	tree rules
2	remain	present	the steps and feet		visible property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	keep	gerund · passive		one hand	for the rail; free property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The load should be raised above the head with the arms fully extended

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 load	det
2	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raised	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 raised	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 raised	aux:pass
5	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	above	above	ADP	_	8 head	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 head	det
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raised	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 arms	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 arms	det
11	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 raised	obl
12	fully	fully	ADV	_	13 extended	advmod
13	extended	extended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 raised	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	should · passive		the load		the head		with the arms	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme above head=Destination

Option 4

The load should be held before the face so that it may be steadied with both hands

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 load	det
2	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 held	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 held	aux:pass
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 face	det
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 steadied	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 steadied	nsubj:pass
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 steadied	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 steadied	aux:pass
14	steadied	steady	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 held	advcl
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 hands	case
16	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	17 hands	det
17	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 steadied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	should · passive		the load		the face			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme before face=Location
2	steady	may · passive		load				with both hands	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with hand=Instrument

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