Exam question 1 · Meeting a dog safely

It being given that a child wishes to pat a dog accompanied by its owner, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: child · What happens: give, wish, pat, accompany, select, establish · To what, where: It, dog, course · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Meeting a dog safely» 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	_	7 wishes	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wishes	nsubj
7	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 pat	mark
9	pat	pat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wishes	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dog	det
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pat	obj
12	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 dog	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 owner	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 owner	nmod:poss
15	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 accompanied	obl:agent
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 select	punct
17	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 pat	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 course	det
19	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 select	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 action	case
21	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 course	nmod
22	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 action	amod
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 guidance	case
24	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 guidance	amod
25	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 consistent	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	wish	present	a child		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	pat not said to happen	to-infinitive		a dog	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer
4	accompany	participle		a dog not said here	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	select	infinitive		the course of action	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
6	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be 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

To hug the dog so as to show friendliness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hug	mark
2	hug	hug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hug	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	2 hug	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 show	mark
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hug	advcl
9	friendliness	friendliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	to-infinitive		the dog					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Co-Agent
2	show	to-infinitive		friendliness					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friendliness=Recipient

Option 2

To pat the dog firmly upon the top of its head at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pat	mark
2	pat	pat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pat	obj
5	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	2 pat	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 top	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 top	det
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pat	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 head	nmod:poss
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 top	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 pat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pat	to-infinitive		the dog				upon the top of top's head; firmly property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer

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

To ask the owner first and to wait for permission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ask	mark
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 owner	det
4	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 ask	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wait	cc
7	to	to	PART	_	8 wait	mark
8	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 ask	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 permission	case
10	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		the owner				first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient
2	wait	to-infinitive						for permission	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To approach the dog from behind without any warning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 approach	mark
2	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 approach	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 behind	case
6	behind	behind	ADV	_	2 approach	obl
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 warning	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 warning	det
9	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 approach	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	to-infinitive		the dog				without any warning	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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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