Exam question 3 · Anger and fears

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning shelter during a thunderstorm.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	during	during	ADP	_	13 thunderstorm	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 thunderstorm	det
13	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	shelter	during a thunderstorm		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shelter=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

One remains indoors away from windows, where one is safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	2 remains	advmod
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 remains	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 windows	case
6	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remains	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 safe	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 safe	advmod
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 safe	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 safe	cop
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 windows	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain away	present	One			windows		away, indoors property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	one					safe property	tree rules

Option 2

One shelters beneath a tall tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 shelters	nsubj
2	shelters	shelter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 tree	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tree	amod
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shelters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shelter	present	One			a tall tree			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath tree=Location

Option 3

One stands by a window to watch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 stands	nsubj
2	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 window	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 window	det
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stands	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 watch	mark
7	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stands	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	One					by a window	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location
2	watch	to-infinitive	One not said here						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4

One remains in an open field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 field	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 field	det
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 field	amod
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	One			a open field			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location

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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