Exam question 4 · What to do if you are lost

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a person who offers to take a lost child away to search for the parents.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established guidance, person · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, offer, take · To what, where: response, person, lost child

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 guidance	acl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 offers	nsubj
14	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 person	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 take	mark
16	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 offers	xcomp
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 child	det
18	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 child	amod
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 take	obj
20	away	away	ADV	_	16 take	advmod
21	to	to	PART	_	22 search	mark
22	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 take	advcl
23	for	for	ADP	_	25 parents	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 parents	det
25	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 search	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with established guidance; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	established guidance not said here	a person			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer
5	offer	present	a person				tree rules
6	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	a person not said here		a lost child	away property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument child=Destination
7	lose	participle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	search	to-infinitive	a person not said here			for the parents	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for parent=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.

The options

Option 1

The child should accompany the person if the person seems kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 accompany	aux
4	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	obj
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 seems	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seems	nsubj
10	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accompany	advcl
11	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 seems	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	should	the child	the person					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	seem a condition, not said to happen	present	the person					kind property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

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

The child must never accompany such a person, a genuine helper remaining in a public place

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accompany	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 accompany	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 accompany	advmod
5	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	8 person	det:predet
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accompany	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 helper	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 helper	det
11	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 helper	amod
12	helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 person	appos
13	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 helper	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 place	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 place	det
16	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 place	amod
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not accompany	must	the child	such person					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	remain	gerund	a genuine helper not said here			a public place			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location

Option 3

The child should accompany the person if the person knows the child's name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 accompany	aux
4	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	obj
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 knows	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knows	nsubj
10	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 accompany	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 name	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 child	case
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	accompany	should	the child	the person	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	know a condition, not said to happen	present	the person	the child's name	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
3	name		the child		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The child should accompany the person after it has grown dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 accompany	aux
4	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	obj
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 grown	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 grown	nsubj
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 grown	aux
10	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 accompany	advcl
11	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 grown	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	should	the child	the person					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	grow	present · perfect	child					dark property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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