Exam question 4 · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

Ascertain the circumstances in which choking at the table most frequently occurs.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, circumstances · What happens: ascertain, choke, occur · To what, where: circumstances, table

This is exam question 4 of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 circumstances	det
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obj
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 choking	mark
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 choking	nsubj
6	choking	choke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 circumstances	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 table	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 table	det
9	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 choking	obl
10	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	11 frequently	advmod
11	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	12 occurs	advmod
12	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 choking	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the circumstances			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic
2	choke	gerund	the circumstances		the table		vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	occur	present	the circumstances not said here			frequently property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

When persons talk, laugh or run while eating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 talk	advmod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 talk	nsubj
3	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 laugh	punct
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 talk	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 run	cc
7	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 talk	conj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 eating	mark
9	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	talk	present	persons	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	laugh	present	persons not said here	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	run	present	persons not said here	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	eat	gerund	persons not said here	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

When persons drink water with meals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	3 drink	mark
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drink	nsubj
3	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drink	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 meals	case
6	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	persons	water				with meals	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 3

When persons eat slowly and sit perfectly still at the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	3 eat	mark
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	nsubj
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sit	advcl
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 eat	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sit	cc
6	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	8 still	advmod
8	still	still	ADV	_	6 sit	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 table	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 table	det
11	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	persons					slowly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sit	present				the table	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location

Option 4

When persons use a knife and fork

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	3 use	mark
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 knife	det
5	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fork	cc
7	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knife	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	persons	a knife and fork					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient

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