Exam question 1 · Safe and kind in gardens and forests

Identify the appropriate course of action for a child who is lost in a forest.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, lose · To what, where: appropriate course, child, forest

This is exam question 1 of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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 course	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 child	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 lost	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 lost	aux:pass
12	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 child	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 forest	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 forest	det
15	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lost	obl
16	.	.	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 appropriate course of action				for a child	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	lose	present · passive		a child		a forest			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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

To walk continuously in a straight line until a road is reached

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 walk	mark
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	continuously	continuously	ADV	_	2 walk	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 line	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 line	det
6	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 line	amod
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walk	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 reached	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reached	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 reached	aux:pass
12	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 walk	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	to-infinitive				a straight line		continuously property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in line=Trajectory
2	reach	present · passive		a road					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 2

To conceal himself from those who are searching for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conceal	mark
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 conceal	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 those	case
5	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 conceal	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 searching	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 searching	aux
8	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 those	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 searching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	to-infinitive		himself = he		those			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent himself=Patient from that=Beneficiary
2	search	present · progressive						for him = he	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme

Option 3

To run until a path is found

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 run	mark
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 found	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 path	det
5	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 found	aux:pass
7	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	to-infinitive							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	find	present · passive		a path					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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

To remain where he is, embrace a tree and signal with a whistle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 embrace	advcl
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 is	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 is	nsubj
5	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 remain	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 embrace	punct
7	embrace	embrace	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 embrace	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 signal	cc
11	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tree	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 whistle	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 whistle	det
14	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 embrace	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive	you not said here			tree rules
2	be	present	he			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	embrace	imperative	you not said here	a tree and signal	with a whistle	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Co-Agent

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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