Exam question 4 · Thinking about noticing

It being given that a small bird gives an alarm call and then falls silent, determine what such conduct most probably signifies.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: small bird · What happens: give, fall, determine, conduct, signify · To what, where: It, alarm call

This is exam question 4 of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» 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 gives	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bird	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bird	amod
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	nsubj
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 call	det
10	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 call	compound
11	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 falls	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 falls	advmod
14	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gives	conj
15	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 falls	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 determine	punct
17	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	advcl
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 conduct	obj
19	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 conduct	amod
20	conduct	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 determine	ccomp
21	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	22 probably	advmod
22	probably	probably	ADV	_	23 signifies	advmod
23	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 conduct	advcl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	give	present	a small bird	a alarm call			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme
3	fall	present	a small bird not said here		then	silent property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	determine	infinitive					vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	conduct	present					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
6	signify	present				probably property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V 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

That the day is concluding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 day	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 day	det
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concluding	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 concluding	aux
5	concluding	conclude	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	present · progressive	that day						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

That the bird has found food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 bird	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 found	aux
5	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · perfect · passive		that bird					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme food=Attribute

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

That a predator is near

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 predator	det
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 predator	det
3	predator	predator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 near	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 near	cop
5	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that predator					near property	tree rules

Option 4

That rain shall shortly fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 rain	det
2	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fall	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fall	aux
4	shortly	shortly	ADV	_	5 fall	advmod
5	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	shall	that rain					shortly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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