Exam question 3 · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the supervision of a young child near water.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, supervise · To what, where: response, supervision, young child

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 supervision	det
13	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 child	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 child	det
16	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 child	amod
17	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 supervision	nmod
18	near	near	ADP	_	19 water	case
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 child	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the supervision of a young child near water		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus supervision=Experiencer
5	supervise			a young child near water		nom supervision «act transitive»: of=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

Option 1

A young child may be left near water while a phone is consulted for a short while

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	nsubj:pass
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 left	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 left	aux:pass
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	near	near	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 consulted	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 phone	det
11	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 consulted	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 consulted	aux:pass
13	consulted	consult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 left	advcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 while	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 while	det
16	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 while	amod
17	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 consulted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	may · passive		a young child		water			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme near water=Location
2	consult	present · passive		a phone			while		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A young child may drown within seconds if the supervisor looks away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drown	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 drown	aux
5	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	within	within	ADP	_	7 seconds	case
7	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drown	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 looks	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 supervisor	det
10	supervisor	supervisor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looks	nsubj
11	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 drown	advcl
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 looks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	may	a young child				second		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	look away a condition, not said to happen	present	the supervisor					away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

A young child is safe near water provided he can stand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 safe	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 provided	mark
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 provided	nsubj
8	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	advcl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stand	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 stand	aux
11	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	a young child	safe property	tree rules
2	provide	past	water		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	stand	can	water		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Supervision is required only where the water is deep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 deep	advmod
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 deep	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deep	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 deep	cop
9	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 required	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Supervision					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	is	present	the water					deep property	tree rules

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