Exam question 3 · Safe and kind in gardens and forests

Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of a running lawnmower.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, run, respect · To what, where: response, running lawnmower

This is exam question 3 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	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	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 lawnmower	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lawnmower	det
12	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 lawnmower	amod
13	lawnmower	lawnmower	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
14	.	.	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	run	gerund			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	respect			a running lawnmower	nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

One may operate it together with a friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 operate	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 operate	aux
3	operate	operate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 operate	obj
5	together	together	ADV	_	3 operate	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 friend	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 operate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	operate	may	One	it				with a friend; together property	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute

Option 2

One may approach in order to watch from close by

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 approach	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 approach	aux
3	approach	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 order	case
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 approach	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 watch	mark
7	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 approach	advcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 close	case
9	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 watch	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	7 watch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	may	One			order			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	watch	to-infinitive	One not said here			close			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3

One may touch it once the blade has begun to slow down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 touch	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 touch	aux
3	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 touch	obj
5	once	once	SCONJ	_	9 begun	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blade	det
7	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 begun	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 begun	aux
9	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 touch	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 slow	mark
11	slow	slow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 begun	xcomp
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 slow	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	touch	may	One	it	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
2	begin	present · perfect	the blade		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	slow down	to-infinitive	the blade not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

One keeps far away, as it may throw stones and cut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 away	advmod
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 keeps	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 throw	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 throw	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 throw	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 throw	aux
9	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 keeps	parataxis
10	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 throw	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cut	cc
12	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 throw	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	present	One		away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	throw	may	it	stones		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
3	cut	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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