Exam question 3 · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings
It is given that a flood is occurring. Determine the conduct prescribed for the members of a household.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: flood, you · What happens: give, occur, determine, prescribe · To what, where: It, conduct
This is exam question 3 of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» 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 flood is occurring.
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 | _ | 8 occurring | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 flood | det |
| 6 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 occurring | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 occurring | aux |
| 8 | occurring | occur | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | 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 | occur | present · progressive | a flood | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 conduct prescribed for the members of a household.
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 | 3 conduct | det |
| 3 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | prescribed | prescribe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 conduct | acl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 members | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 members | det |
| 7 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 prescribed | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 household | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 household | det |
| 10 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 members | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | 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 conduct | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | ||||
| 2 | prescribe | participle | the conduct not said here | for the members of a household | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Drive the car through the water to escape it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drive | drive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 car | det |
| 3 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drive | obj |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drive | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 escape | mark |
| 8 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Drive | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 escape | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | imperative | you not said here | the car | the water | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent car=Theme through water=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | escape | to-infinitive | you not said here | car | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Move to higher floors and never walk in floodwater
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 floors | case |
| 3 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 floors | amod |
| 4 | floors | floor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Move | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 walk | cc |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 walk | advmod |
| 7 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Move | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 floodwater | case |
| 9 | floodwater | floodwater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 walk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | higher floors | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to floor=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | not walk | infinitive | you not said here | floodwater | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in floodwater=Trajectory |
Option 3
Wade outside at once to reach the nearest shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wade | Wade | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Wade | advmod |
| 3 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 6 reach | mark |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 reach | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 reach | mark |
| 6 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wade | acl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shop | det |
| 8 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 shop | amod |
| 9 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | to-infinitive | the nearest shop | once property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent shop=Theme |
Option 4
Stay in the cellar where it is coldest and dry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 cellar | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cellar | det |
| 4 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 coldest | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 coldest | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 coldest | cop |
| 8 | coldest | coldest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cellar | acl:relcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 dry | cc |
| 10 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 coldest | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | the cellar | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cellar=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | cellar | coldest property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | cellar not said here | tree rules |
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