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Exam question 4 · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

It is given that a small child is choking and is unable to cough or cry. Determine the appropriate course of action for an older child present.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: small child, you · What happens: give, choke, be, cough, cry, determine · To what, where: It, appropriate course

This is exam question 4 of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a small child is choking and is unable to cough or cry.

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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 choking	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 choking	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 choking	aux
9	choking	choke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 unable	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 unable	cop
12	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 choking	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 cough	mark
14	cough	cough	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 unable	xcomp
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 cry	cc
16	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 cough	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	choke	present · progressive	a small child						vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	a small child not said here					unable property	tree rules
4	cough	to-infinitive	a small child not said here						vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	cry speech: express	infinitive	a small child not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: Determine the appropriate course of action for an older child present.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 course	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 present	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 present	det
9	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 present	amod
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 present	compound
11	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action				for a older child present	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic

The options

Option 1

Place the child in bed and allow it to sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Place	place	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Place	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 bed	case
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Place	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 allow	cc
7	allow	allow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Place	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 allow	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 sleep	mark
10	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 allow	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	imperative	you not said here	the child		bed			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme in bed=Destination
2	allow	infinitive	you not said here	child					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer it=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	sleep not said to happen	to-infinitive	child not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Shout for an adult and call the emergency number

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 adult	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 call	cc
6	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 number	det
8	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 number	compound
9	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					for a adult	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for adult=Recipient
2	call	infinitive	you not said here	the emergency number					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient

Option 3

Offer the child a large glass of water to drink slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Offer	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 glass	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 glass	amod
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Offer	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glass	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 drink	mark
10	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Offer	advcl
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	10 drink	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	imperative	you not said here	a large glass of water	the child				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent child=Goal glass=Theme
2	drink	to-infinitive	you not said here					slowly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Wait several minutes to see whether it passes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 minutes	amod
3	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wait	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 passes	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 passes	nsubj
8	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 see	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				minute		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	pass	present	it						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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