Exam question 3 · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

Select the response consistent with established practice where a child has fallen and does not rise.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: select, establish, fall, not rise · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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	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	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 fallen	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fallen	nsubj
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fallen	aux
12	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 practice	acl:relcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 rise	cc
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 rise	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 rise	advmod
16	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 fallen	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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
3	fall	present · perfect	a child		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not rise	present · do-support	a child not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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

He is left alone to recover

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 left	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 left	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 recover	mark
6	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 alone	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		He				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	recover	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He is carried home without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 carried	advmod
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 delay	case
6	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · passive		He				without delay; home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

He is lifted to his feet at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lifted	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lifted	aux:pass
3	lifted	lift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 feet	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 feet	nmod:poss
6	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lifted	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 lifted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	present · passive		He		his feet			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme to foot=Destination at once=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is not moved; one remains close and calls an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 moved	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moved	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 moved	advmod
4	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 remains	punct
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 remains	nsubj
7	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moved	parataxis
8	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 remains	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 calls	cc
10	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 remains	conj
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 calls	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not move	present · passive		He			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: subject=Result
2	remain	present	one			close property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	call	present	one not said here		a adult		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

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