Exam question 1 · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

Identify the principal reason for which persons join the end of a queue.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, persons · What happens: identify, join · To what, where: principal reason, end

This is exam question 1 of lesson 223 «Queues, taking turns and interrupting» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 join	obl
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 join	nsubj
8	join	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 join	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 queue	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 queue	det
13	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	join	present	persons	the end of a queue				for the principal reason	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Patient

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

It is required only in shops

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 shops	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 shops	case
6	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		It		shops			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Those at the front have waited longest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 waited	nsubj:pass
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 front	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 front	det
4	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Those	nmod
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 waited	aux
6	waited	wait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 waited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present · perfect · passive		Those					tree rules

Option 3

The front is reserved for adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 front	det
2	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reserved	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reserved	aux:pass
4	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	present · passive		the front				for adults	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for adult=Beneficiary

Option 4

The end of a queue invariably moves more quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 end	det
2	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moves	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 queue	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 queue	det
5	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 end	nmod
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	7 moves	advmod
7	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 quickly	advmod
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	7 moves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	the end of a queue					invariably, quickly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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