Exam question 2 · Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises conduct during a fire in the home?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: conduct

This is exam question 2 of lesson 219 «Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom» 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	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 home	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 home	det
15	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fire	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		conduct			during a fire in the home	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

One hides in a cupboard to await rescue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 cupboard	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cupboard	det
5	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 await	mark
7	await	await	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hides	advcl
8	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 await	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	One			a cupboard			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cupboard=Location
2	await	to-infinitive	One not said here	rescue					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

All belongings are left and one leaves at once, never returning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 belongings	det
2	belongings	belonging	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 left	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 leaves	cc
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 leaves	nsubj
7	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 leaves	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 returning	punct
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 returning	advmod
12	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 left	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		all belongings	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	leave	present	one		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location
3	not return	gerund			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

One returns for pets oneself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 pets	case
4	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 returns	obl
5	oneself	oneself	PRON	Case=Acc Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 returns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	One	oneself				for pets	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oneself=Theme

Option 4

Valuables are collected before departure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Valuables	valuable	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 collected	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 collected	aux:pass
3	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	before	before	ADP	_	5 departure	case
5	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	present · passive		Valuables			before departure		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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