Exam question 4 · Sounds that warn

Whereas a dog growls, bares its teeth and becomes rigid, determine the response recommended for a child.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, you · What happens: growl, bare, become, determine, recommend · To what, where: teeth, response

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	4 growls	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 growls	nsubj
4	growls	growl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 determine	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bares	punct
6	bares	bare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 growls	conj
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 teeth	nmod:poss
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bares	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 becomes	cc
10	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bares	conj
11	rigid	rigid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 becomes	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 determine	punct
13	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 response	det
15	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 determine	obj
16	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 response	acl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 child	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 child	det
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 recommended	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	growl	present	a dog			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bare	present	a dog not said here	dog's teeth		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
3	become	present	a dog not said here		rigid property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	determine	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
5	recommend	participle		the response not said here	for a child	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for child=Attribute

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 reach out a hand and stroke it upon the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 reach	mark
2	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 reach	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hand	det
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reach	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stroke	cc
7	stroke	stroke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 reach	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stroke	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 head	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stroke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach out	to-infinitive		a hand					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	stroke	infinitive		hand				upon the head	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

To stand still, avoid staring into its eyes, and withdraw slowly once it calms

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stand	mark
2	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 withdraw	advcl
3	still	still	ADV	_	2 stand	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 avoid	punct
5	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stand	conj
6	staring	stare	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 avoid	xcomp
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 eyes	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 eyes	nmod:poss
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 staring	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 withdraw	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 withdraw	cc
12	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	12 withdraw	advmod
14	once	once	SCONJ	_	16 calms	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 calms	nsubj
16	calms	calm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 withdraw	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	stand	to-infinitive		still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	avoid	infinitive				vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	stare	gerund			into its eyes	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into eye=Theme
4	withdraw	present			slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	calm	present	it			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

To run away as fast as possible while shouting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 run	mark
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 run	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 fast	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 run	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 possible	mark
7	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fast	advcl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 shouting	mark
9	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	to-infinitive						away, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To stare directly into its eyes to show no fear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stare	mark
2	stare	stare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	directly	directly	ADV	_	2 stare	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stare	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stare	advcl
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 fear	det
10	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	to-infinitive						into its eyes; directly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into eye=Theme
2	show	to-infinitive		no fear					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fear=Recipient

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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