Exam question 3 · Sounds that warn

Identify the course of action to be taken by a pedestrian upon hearing a siren in the vicinity of a road.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pedestrian · What happens: identify, take, hear · To what, where: course, siren, vicinity

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	8 taken	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 taken	aux:pass
8	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 pedestrian	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pedestrian	det
11	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taken	obl
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	13 hearing	mark
13	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 taken	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 siren	det
15	siren	siren	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hearing	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 vicinity	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 vicinity	det
18	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hearing	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 road	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 road	det
21	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 vicinity	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	take	to-infinitive · passive	a pedestrian			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hear	gerund	a pedestrian not said here	a siren	the vicinity of a road	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer siren=Stimulus

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

To stand in the road and wave to the driver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stand	mark
2	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 road	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stand	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wave	cc
7	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 stand	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 driver	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 driver	det
10	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	to-infinitive				the road			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in road=Location
2	wave	infinitive			the driver				vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to driver=Recipient

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

To remain upon the pavement until the emergency vehicle has passed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 pavement	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pavement	det
5	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 passed	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vehicle	det
8	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vehicle	compound
9	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 passed	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 passed	aux
11	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 remain	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive				the pavement			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon pavement=Location
2	pass	present · perfect	the emergency vehicle						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To cross the road with all possible speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cross	mark
2	cross	cross	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 road	det
4	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cross	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 speed	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 speed	det
7	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 speed	amod
8	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	to-infinitive		the road				with all possible speed	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient

Option 4

To follow the vehicle to observe the emergency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 follow	mark
2	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vehicle	det
4	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 follow	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 observe	mark
6	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 follow	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 emergency	det
8	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	to-infinitive		the vehicle					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vehicle=Theme
2	observe	to-infinitive		the emergency					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent emergency=Topic

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