Exam question 3 · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things

Select the response consistent with established practice on escalators in London and many large cities.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» 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	on	on	ADP	_	9 escalators	case
9	escalators	escalator	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 practice	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 London	case
11	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 escalators	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cities	cc
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cities	amod
14	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cities	amod
15	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 escalators	conj
16	.	.	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

One walks against the direction of travel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 walks	nsubj
2	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 direction	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 direction	det
5	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walks	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 travel	case
7	travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 direction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	One			the direction of travel			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against direction=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

One stands on the right and walks on the left

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	on	on	ADP	_	5 right	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 right	det
5	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stands	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walks	cc
7	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stands	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 left	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 left	det
10	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	One			the right			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on right=Location
2	walk	present	One not said here			the left			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on left=Trajectory

Option 3

One stands in the middle of each step

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	in	in	ADP	_	5 middle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 middle	det
5	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stands	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 step	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 step	det
8	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	One			the middle of each step			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location

Option 4

One stands on the left and walks on the right

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	on	on	ADP	_	5 left	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 left	det
5	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stands	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walks	cc
7	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stands	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 right	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 right	det
10	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	One			the left			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on left=Location
2	walk	present	One not said here			the right			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on right=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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