Exam question 2 · Quiet places and solemn moments

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises conduct in a museum?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: conduct, museum

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 museum	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 museum	det
12	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		conduct		a museum		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

Exhibits are not touched unless signs permit it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exhibits	exhibit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 touched	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 touched	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 touched	advmod
4	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	7 permit	mark
6	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 permit	nsubj
7	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 touched	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 permit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not touch	present · passive		Exhibits					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme
2	permit a condition, not said to happen	present	signs	it					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Exhibits may be touched gently by children, provided they are careful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exhibits	exhibit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 touched	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 touched	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 touched	aux:pass
4	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	gently	gently	ADV	_	4 touched	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 touched	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 provided	punct
9	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 touched	parataxis
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 careful	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 careful	cop
12	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 provided	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	touch	may · passive	children	Exhibits	gently property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme
2	provide	participle				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	is	present	Exhibits = exhibit		careful property	tree rules

Option 3

Exhibits may be climbed for photographs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exhibits	exhibit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 climbed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 climbed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 climbed	aux:pass
4	climbed	climb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 photographs	case
6	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 climbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	may · passive		Exhibits				for photographs	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Exhibits may be moved to see them better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exhibits	exhibit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 moved	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 moved	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 moved	aux:pass
4	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 moved	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	obj
8	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	may · passive		Exhibits					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive		Exhibits = exhibit				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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