Exam question 2 · Reading faces and voices

Identify the course of action to be pursued where an adult appears to be unsafe, being very angry or acting strangely.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, adult · What happens: identify, pursue, appear, be, act · To what, where: course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «Reading faces and voices» 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 pursued	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 pursued	aux:pass
8	pursued	pursue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 appears	advmod
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 appears	nsubj
12	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pursued	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	15 unsafe	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 unsafe	cop
15	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 appears	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 angry	punct
17	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 angry	cop
18	very	very	ADV	_	19 angry	advmod
19	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	parataxis
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 acting	cc
21	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 angry	conj
22	strangely	strangely	ADV	_	21 acting	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	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	pursue	to-infinitive · passive	you not said here			vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»
3	appear	present	a adult			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	to-infinitive	a adult not said here		unsafe property	tree rules
5	is	gerund			angry property	tree rules
6	act	gerund			strangely property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

To move away and inform a trusted adult, rather than attempting to resolve the matter oneself

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 move	mark
2	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 inform	cc
5	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 move	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
7	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 adult	amod
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inform	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 attempting	punct
10	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	12 attempting	cc
11	than	than	ADP	_	10 rather	fixed
12	attempting	attempt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 move	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 resolve	mark
14	resolve	resolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 attempting	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 oneself	det
16	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 oneself	compound
17	oneself	oneself	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 resolve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	move away	to-infinitive			away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	inform speech: other	infinitive		a trusted adult		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	attempt	gerund				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	resolve not said to happen	to-infinitive	the matter oneself			tree rules

Option 2

To approach the adult and attempt to calm him alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 approach	mark
2	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 approach	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 attempt	cc
6	attempt	attempt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 approach	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 calm	mark
8	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 attempt	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 calm	obj
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 calm	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	approach	to-infinitive	the adult		vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Theme
2	attempt	infinitive			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	calm not said to happen	to-infinitive	adult	alone property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 3

To remain close by and observe the adult in silence

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	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	3 close	fixed
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 observe	cc
6	observe	observe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 remain	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observe	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 silence	case
10	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive						close property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	observe	infinitive		the adult		silence			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent adult=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To shout at the adult in order to stop the behaviour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shout	mark
2	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 adult	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shout	obl
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 stop	mark
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 stop	mark
9	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shout	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 behaviour	det
11	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	to-infinitive						at the adult	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	to-infinitive		the behaviour					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality behaviour=Eventuality

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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