Exam question 4 · Remembering details

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning the gathering of details about a suspicious vehicle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established guidance · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, gathering

This is exam question 4 of lesson 18 «Remembering details» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gathering	det
12	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 details	case
14	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 gathering	nmod
15	about	about	ADP	_	18 vehicle	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 vehicle	det
17	suspicious	suspicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 vehicle	amod
18	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 details	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, 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	the gathering of details about a suspicious vehicle		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus gathering=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

The child must not follow the person or vehicle, safety taking precedence over details

The tree, 14 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 follow	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 follow	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 follow	advmod
5	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 follow	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 vehicle	cc
9	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 safety	punct
11	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	conj
12	taking	take	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 safety	acl
13	precedence	precedence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 taking	obj
14	over	over	ADP	_	15 details	case
15	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 taking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not follow	must	the child	the person or vehicle and safety					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	take	gerund	safety not said here	precedence		details			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme

Option 2

The child should follow the vehicle so as to read its number plate

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 follow	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 follow	aux
4	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vehicle	det
6	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 follow	obj
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 read	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 read	mark
9	to	to	PART	_	10 read	mark
10	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 follow	advcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 plate	nmod:poss
12	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 plate	compound
13	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	should	the child	the vehicle					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vehicle=Theme
2	read	to-infinitive	the child not said here	child's number plate					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Topic

Option 3

The child should photograph the driver at close range

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 photograph	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 photograph	aux
4	photograph	photograph	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 driver	det
6	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 photograph	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 range	case
8	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 range	amod
9	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 photograph	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	photograph	should	the child	the driver		close range			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent driver=Theme at range=Destination

Option 4

The child should approach the driver to request his 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 approach	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 approach	aux
4	approach	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 driver	det
6	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 approach	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 request	mark
8	request	request	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 approach	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 name	nmod:poss
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 request	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	approach	should	the child	the driver	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent driver=Theme
2	request	to-infinitive	the child not said here	child's name	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
3	name		child		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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