Exam question 2 · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

Whereas a child wishes to walk unaccompanied to school, determine the appropriate preliminary course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: wish, walk, determine · To what, where: appropriate preliminary course · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	3 child	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wishes	obl
4	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 walk	mark
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wishes	ccomp
7	unaccompanied	unaccompanied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 walk	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 school	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unaccompanied	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 determine	punct
11	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 walk	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 course	det
13	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 course	amod
14	preliminary	preliminary	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 course	compound
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 determine	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 action	case
17	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 course	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wishes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wish	present		whereas a child	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	walk not said to happen	to-infinitive		unaccompanied property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	determine	infinitive	the appropriate preliminary course of action		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic

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 right answer

Obtain parental permission and practise the route with them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 permission	amod
3	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Obtain	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 practise	cc
5	practise	practise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Obtain	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 route	det
7	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 practise	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 practise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	imperative	you not said here	parental permission					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset permission=Theme
2	practise	infinitive	you not said here	the route				with them = they	tree rules

Option 2

Walk the route alone first so as to test it properly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 route	det
3	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obj
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Walk	advmod
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 test	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 test	mark
8	to	to	PART	_	9 test	mark
9	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Walk	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 test	obj
11	properly	properly	ADV	_	9 test	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here	the route				alone, first property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme route=Trajectory
2	test	to-infinitive	you not said here	route				properly property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Await the permission of a classmate who already walks to school alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Await	await	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 permission	det
3	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Await	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 classmate	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 classmate	det
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permission	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 walks	nsubj
8	already	already	ADV	_	9 walks	advmod
9	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 classmate	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 school	case
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walks	obl
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 walks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	await	imperative	you not said here	the permission of a classmate		tree rules
2	walk	present	a classmate		to school result; alone property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to school=Result
3	permit			a classmate		nom permission «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Select whichever route appears to be the shortest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	whichever	whichever	DET	PronType=Rel	3 route	det
3	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appears	nsubj
4	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	acl:relcl
5	to	to	PART	_	8 shortest	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 shortest	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shortest	det
8	shortest	short	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 appears	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	appear	present	whichever route		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	to-infinitive	whichever route not said here	short property	tree rules

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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