Exam question 3 · Quiet places and solemn moments

Select the response consistent with established practice in a place of worship.

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

This is exam question 3 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 place	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 place	det
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 worship	case
12	worship	worship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 place	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 speaks quietly and follows its rules, such as covering the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 speaks	nsubj
2	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 speaks	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 follows	cc
5	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 speaks	conj
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 rules	nmod:poss
7	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 follows	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 covering	punct
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	11 covering	mark
10	as	as	ADP	_	9 such	fixed
11	covering	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 rules	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 head	det
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 covering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	One		quietly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	follow	present	One not said here	its rules		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
3	cover	gerund	its rules not said here	the head		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Destination
4	rule		its = it			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

One takes photographs freely throughout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 takes	obj
4	freely	freely	ADV	_	2 takes	advmod
5	throughout	throughout	PUNCT	_	2 takes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	One	photographs				freely property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photograph=Theme

Option 3

One disregards the rules of other faiths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 disregards	nsubj
2	disregards	disregard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rules	det
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disregards	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 faiths	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 faiths	amod
7	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rules	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	present	One	the rules of other faiths					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2	rule		other faiths						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

One plays quietly at the back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 plays	nsubj
2	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 plays	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 back	det
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	One			the back		quietly property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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