Exam question 2 · Sounds that warn

It being given that a carbon monoxide alarm sounds within a dwelling, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monoxide alarm · What happens: give, sound, select, establish · To what, where: It, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Sounds that warn» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 sounds	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 alarm	det
6	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 monoxide	compound
7	monoxide	monoxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 alarm	compound
8	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sounds	nsubj
9	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
10	within	within	ADP	_	12 dwelling	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dwelling	det
12	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sounds	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct
14	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 action	case
18	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 action	amod
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 guidance	case
21	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 guidance	amod
22	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 consistent	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	sound	present	a monoxide alarm		within a dwelling	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	select	infinitive		the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

The alarm should be silenced and disregarded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 alarm	det
2	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 silenced	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 silenced	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 silenced	aux:pass
5	silenced	silence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 disregarded	cc
7	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 silenced	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	silence	should · passive		the alarm					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	disregard	participle							vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

All occupants should remain indoors with the windows sealed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 occupants	det
2	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 remain	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	4 remain	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 windows	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 windows	det
8	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 remain	obl
9	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 windows	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	should	all occupants					with the windows; indoors property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seal	participle		the windows not said here					vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The occupants should search for the source by smell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 occupants	det
2	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 search	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 search	aux
4	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 source	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 source	det
7	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 search	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 smell	case
9	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	should	the occupants					for the source; by smell	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for source=Theme by smell=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

All occupants should proceed outside into fresh air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 occupants	det
2	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 proceed	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 proceed	aux
4	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	outside	outside	ADV	_	4 proceed	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 air	amod
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proceed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	should	all occupants			fresh air		outside property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=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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