Exam question 3 · Eyes up: noticing your surroundings

Identify the principal benefit of noting the exits upon entering a building.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal benefit · What happens: identify, note, enter · To what, where: principal benefit, exits, building

This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 benefit	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 benefit	amod
4	benefit	benefit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 noting	mark
6	noting	note	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 benefit	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 exits	det
8	exits	exit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 noting	obj
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 entering	mark
10	entering	enter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 noting	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 building	det
12	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 entering	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal benefit	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent benefit=Theme
2	note	gerund	the principal benefit not said here	the exits	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent exit=Topic
3	enter	gerund	the principal benefit not said here	a building	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme building=Destination

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

It permits the visitor to avoid paying for admission

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	2 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 visitor	det
4	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 avoid	mark
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permits	advcl
7	paying	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 avoid	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 admission	case
9	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	the visitor		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visitor=Theme
2	avoid	to-infinitive				vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	pay	gerund			for admission	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for admission=Theme

Option 2

It permits the visitor to remain unseen by staff

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	2 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 visitor	det
4	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 remain	mark
6	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permits	ccomp
7	unseen	unseen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remain	xcomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 staff	case
9	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	the visitor					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer visitor=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	remain not said to happen	to-infinitive						by staff; unseen property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by staff=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It permits a rapid departure in the event of an emergency

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	2 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 departure	det
4	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 departure	amod
5	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 event	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 event	det
8	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 emergency	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 emergency	det
11	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 event	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	a rapid departure		the event of a emergency			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent departure=Theme in event=Location

Option 4

It renders fire alarms within the building unnecessary

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	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 alarms	compound
4	alarms	alarm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 renders	obj
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 building	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 building	det
7	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obl
8	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 building	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	fire alarms				within the building	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alarm=Theme

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