Exam question 2 · Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate conduct upon encountering a bear?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: appropriate conduct · What happens: follow, characteris, encounter · To what, where: appropriate conduct, bear

This is exam question 2 of lesson 206 «Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo» 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	11 conduct	det
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 conduct	amod
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	13 encountering	mark
13	encountering	encounter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 conduct	acl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bear	det
15	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 encountering	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the appropriate conduct	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	encounter	gerund	the appropriate conduct not said here	a bear		vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus

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

Shout and approach the animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 approach	cc
3	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 approach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	approach	infinitive	you not said here	the animal					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Option 2

Run away as swiftly as possible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 swiftly	advmod
4	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 possible	mark
6	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 swiftly	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	imperative	you not said here					away, swiftly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Remain with adults, speak calmly and retreat slowly without running

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 adults	case
3	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Remain	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 speak	punct
5	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Remain	conj
6	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	5 speak	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 retreat	cc
8	retreat	retreat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Remain	conj
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 retreat	advmod
10	without	without	SCONJ	_	11 running	mark
11	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 retreat	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	remain	imperative	you not said here	with adults	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	speak speech: other	infinitive	you not said here	calmly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	retreat	infinitive	you not said here	slowly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	run	gerund	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Climb the nearest small tree at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
3	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 tree	amod
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tree	amod
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climb	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Climb	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	imperative	you not said here	the nearest small tree					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=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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