Exam question 3 · What to do if you are lost

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the signal of three blasts upon a whistle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, signal · To what, where: signal, three blasts

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 signal	det
10	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 blasts	case
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 blasts	nummod
13	blasts	blast	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 signal	nmod
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 whistle	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 whistle	det
16	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the signal of three blasts	of the following statements; upon a whistle; accurately property	tree rules
3	signal		three blasts		nom signal «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

It is a signal that the person has found the route home

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	4 signal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 signal	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 signal	det
4	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 found	nsubj:pass
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 found	aux
9	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 signal	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 route	det
11	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obj
12	home	home	ADV	_	11 route	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a signal					tree rules
2	find	present · perfect · passive		a signal					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme route=Attribute

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is a widely recognised signal by which assistance is requested

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	6 signal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 signal	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 signal	det
4	widely	widely	ADV	_	5 recognised	advmod
5	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 signal	amod
6	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 requested	obl
9	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requested	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 requested	aux:pass
11	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 signal	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	recognise	participle			widely property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	It	a recognised signal		tree rules
3	request	present · passive	a recognised signal	assistance		vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 3

It is a signal used solely by lifeguards at sea

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	4 signal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 signal	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 signal	det
4	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 signal	acl
6	solely	solely	ADV	_	5 used	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 lifeguards	case
8	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 used	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 sea	case
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a signal					tree rules
2	use	participle		a signal not said here		sea		by lifeguards; solely property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is a signal that the search should cease

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	4 signal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 signal	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 signal	det
4	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 cease	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 search	det
7	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cease	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 cease	aux
9	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 signal	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a signal					tree rules
2	cease	should	the search	a signal					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality that=Eventuality

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