Exam question 1 · Chores and broken things

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the conduct required immediately subsequent to the breakage of a drinking glass.

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 111 «Chores and broken things» 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 conduct	det
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 conduct	acl
15	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	16 subsequent	advmod
16	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 required	xcomp
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 breakage	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 breakage	det
19	breakage	breakage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 subsequent	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 glass	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 glass	det
22	drinking	drinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 glass	compound
23	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 breakage	nmod
24	.	.	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 conduct		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
5	require	participle		the conduct not said here	subsequent property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=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

Vacuum the whole area first and only after that notify an adult of what happened

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vacuum	vacuum	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 area	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 area	amod
4	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Vacuum	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Vacuum	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 notify	cc
7	only	only	ADV	_	10 notify	advmod
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 notify	mark
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 notify	nsubj
10	notify	notify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Vacuum	conj
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 notify	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 what	case
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 adult	nmod
15	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	vacuum	imperative	you not said here	the whole area		first property	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent area=Initial_Location
2	notify speech: other	infinitive	that		a adult		vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	happen	past					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Remain still, keep others away, wear shoes and inform an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Remain	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Remain	conj
5	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keep	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	4 keep	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wear	punct
8	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Remain	conj
9	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wear	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 inform	cc
11	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Remain	conj
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	remain	imperative	you not said here			still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep away	infinitive	you not said here	others			away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme
3	wear	infinitive	you not said here	shoes				vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme
4	inform speech: other	infinitive	you not said here		a adult			vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 3

Continue walking normally, since the fragments are visible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continue	continue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Continue	xcomp
3	normally	normally	ADV	_	2 walking	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 visible	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 visible	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fragments	det
7	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 visible	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 visible	cop
9	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Continue	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	continue	imperative	you not said here		vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	walk	gerund	you not said here	normally property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	the fragments	visible property	tree rules

Option 4

Gather the larger fragments promptly with the bare hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fragments	det
3	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 fragments	amod
4	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Gather	obj
5	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	1 Gather	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 hands	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hands	det
8	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hands	amod
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Gather	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	imperative	you not said here	the larger fragments				with the bare hands; promptly property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent fragment=Patient with hand=Co-Patient

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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