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Exam question 4 · Home alone, keys and garden play

It is given that a child at home alone is frightened by a noise. Ascertain the appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: noise, you · What happens: give, frighten, ascertain · To what, where: It, child, appropriate course

This is exam question 4 of lesson 116 «Home alone, keys and garden play» 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 child at home alone is frightened by a noise.

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	_	11 frightened	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 frightened	nsubj:pass
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 home	case
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 child	nmod
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 child	advmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 frightened	aux:pass
11	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 noise	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 noise	det
14	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 frightened	obl
15	.	.	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	frighten	present · passive	a noise	a child at home					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

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: Ascertain the appropriate course of action.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	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 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Open the door to see who is outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Open	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Open	advcl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 outside	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 outside	cop
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	5 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	the door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present						outside property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Stay somewhere safe and call a parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	1 Stay	advmod
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stay	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 call	cc
5	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here					safe, somewhere property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call	infinitive	you not said here		a parent				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Hide and say nothing to anyone later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 say	cc
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	conj
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 say	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 anyone	case
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 say	obl
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	nothing	anyone			late property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to anyone=Recipient

Option 4

Go outside at once to investigate the noise and find its cause

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	outside	outside	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Go	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 investigate	mark
6	investigate	investigate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 noise	det
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 investigate	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 find	cc
10	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cause	nmod:poss
12	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					outside property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location
2	investigate	to-infinitive	you not said here	the noise					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Theme
3	find	infinitive	you not said here	noise's cause					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic
4	cause		noise						nom cause «event transitive»: poss=agent

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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