Exam question 1 · What to do if you are lost

It being given that a child becomes separated from his family in a public place, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: give, separate, select, establish · To what, where: It, child, course

This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «What to do if you are lost» 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	_	8 separated	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 separated	nsubj:pass
7	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 separated	aux:pass
8	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 family	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 family	nmod:poss
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 separated	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 place	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 place	det
14	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 place	amod
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 separated	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 select	punct
17	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 course	det
19	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 select	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 action	case
21	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 course	nmod
22	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 action	amod
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 guidance	case
24	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 guidance	amod
25	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 consistent	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	separate	present · passive	a child	in a public place; from child's family	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from family=Co-Patient
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

To leave the building and return home alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 leave	mark
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 building	det
4	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 return	cc
6	return	return	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 leave	conj
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 return	advmod
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 return	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive		the building					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Theme
2	return	infinitive						alone, home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To accept a lift from anyone offering assistance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 accept	mark
2	accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lift	det
4	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accept	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 anyone	case
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 accept	obl
7	offering	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 anyone	acl
8	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 offering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	to-infinitive		a lift		anyone			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lift=Theme from anyone=Source
2	offer	gerund		assistance					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To remain calm in one place and to seek help from a worker in uniform or a parent with children

The tree, 20 words

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	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 place	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 place	nummod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 seek	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 seek	mark
9	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 remain	conj
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seek	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 worker	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 worker	det
13	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seek	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 uniform	case
15	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 worker	nmod
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 parent	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 parent	det
18	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 worker	conj
19	with	with	ADP	_	20 children	case
20	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 parent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive				one place		calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location
2	seek	to-infinitive		help		a worker in uniform or a parent with children			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme

Option 4

To walk about the area until the family is found

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 walk	mark
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 area	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 area	det
5	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walk	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 found	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 found	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 found	aux:pass
10	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 walk	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	to-infinitive						about the area	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about area=Trajectory
2	find	present · passive		the family					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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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