Exam question 1 · Quiet places and solemn moments

Identify the appropriate conduct during a minute's silence, as on Remembrance Day or Anzac Day.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, minute · What happens: identify, silence · To what, where: appropriate conduct

This is exam question 1 of lesson 224 «Quiet places and solemn moments» 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 conduct	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 conduct	amod
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	during	during	ADP	_	9 silence	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 minute	det
7	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 silence	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 minute	case
9	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Day	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	14 Day	case
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 Day	case
13	Remembrance	Remembrance	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Day	compound
14	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 Day	cc
16	Anzac	Anzac	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Day	compound
17	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Day	conj
18	.	.	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 appropriate conduct			during a minute's silence; as Remembrance Day or Anzac Day		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme as day=Attribute
2	silence		a minute						nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent

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

One stands still and remains completely silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 stands	nsubj
2	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	still	still	ADV	_	2 stands	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 remains	cc
5	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stands	conj
6	completely	completely	ADV	_	7 silent	advmod
7	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 remains	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	One				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	remain	present	One not said here					silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

One claps at the end of each second

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 claps	nsubj
2	claps	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 end	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 end	det
5	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 claps	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 second	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 second	det
8	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clap	present	One				at the end of each second		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location

Option 3

One continues walking slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 continues	nsubj
2	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 continues	xcomp
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 walking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	One						vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	walk	gerund	One not said here					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

One whispers quietly to friends, so as not to disturb others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 whispers	nsubj
2	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 whispers	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 friends	case
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 whispers	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 disturb	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 disturb	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 disturb	mark
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 disturb	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 disturb	mark
11	disturb	disturb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 whispers	parataxis
12	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 disturb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	present	One		friends			quietly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to friend=Recipient
2	not disturb	to-infinitive		others					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus other=Experiencer

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