Exam question 1 · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

Identify the correct manner of getting off a swing.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, correct manner · What happens: identify, get off · To what, where: correct manner, swing

This is exam question 1 of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» 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 manner	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 manner	amod
4	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 getting	mark
6	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 manner	acl
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 getting	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 swing	det
9	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	obj
10	.	.	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 correct manner					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	get off	gerund	the correct manner not said here	a swing					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swing=Stimulus

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

The swing is brought to a stop before one dismounts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 swing	det
2	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 brought	aux:pass
4	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 stop	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stop	det
7	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 dismounts	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 dismounts	nummod
10	dismounts	dismount	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present · passive		the swing		a stop	before one dismounts		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to stop=Destination

Option 2

One jumps clear from the highest point of the swing's arc

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 jumps	nsubj
2	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 jumps	xcomp
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 point	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 point	det
6	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 point	amod
7	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jumps	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 arc	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 swing	det
10	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 arc	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 swing	case
12	arc	arc	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 point	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	present	One			the highest point of the swing's arc		clear property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from point=Trajectory
2	point			the swing's arc					nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

One lets go with both hands at speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 lets	nsubj
2	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lets	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hands	case
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 hands	det
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 go	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 speed	case
8	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	One						tree rules
2	go	infinitive	One not said here			speed		with both hands	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with hand=Beneficiary

Option 4

One leans backwards until one falls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 leans	nsubj
2	leans	lean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	2 leans	advmod
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 falls	mark
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 falls	nsubj
6	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 leans	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean	present	One					backwards property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fall	present	one						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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