Exam question 4 · Meeting a dog safely

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where a child has been knocked to the ground by a dog.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, dog · What happens: select, be, establish, knock · To what, where: response, child, ground

This is exam question 4 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 knocked	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 knocked	nsubj:pass
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 knocked	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 knocked	aux:pass
15	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	acl:relcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 ground	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ground	det
18	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 knocked	obl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 dog	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 dog	det
21	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 knocked	obl:agent
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with established guidance; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	knock	present · perfect · passive	a dog	a child	the ground		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to ground=Destination

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

To curl into a ball and cover the head and neck with the hands and arms

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 curl	mark
2	curl	curl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 ball	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ball	det
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 curl	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cover	cc
7	cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 curl	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 head	det
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cover	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 neck	cc
11	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 head	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 hands	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hands	det
14	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cover	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 arms	cc
16	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 hands	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curl	to-infinitive				a ball			vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination
2	cover	infinitive		the head and neck				with the hands and arms	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Destination with hand=Theme

Option 2

To shout loudly and strike the dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shout	mark
2	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 shout	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 strike	cc
5	strike	strike	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 shout	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strike	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	to-infinitive						loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	strike	infinitive		the dog					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent dog=Instrument

Option 3

To lie flat upon the back and kick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lie	mark
2	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	flat	flat	ADV	_	2 lie	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 back	det
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lie	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kick	cc
8	kick	kick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 back	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	to-infinitive				the back and kick		flat property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon back=Location

Option 4

To grasp the dog by the collar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 grasp	mark
2	grasp	grasp	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 grasp	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 collar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 collar	det
7	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grasp	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grasp	to-infinitive		the dog				by the collar	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus

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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