Exam question 3 · Hiking and camping safely

Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of cliff edges.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, respect · To what, where: response, cliff edges

This is exam question 3 of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» 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	_	12 edges	case
11	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 edges	compound
12	edges	edge	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 respect	nmod
13	.	.	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	respect			cliff edges	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 stands at the very edge in order to view the scene

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	at	at	ADP	_	6 edge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 edge	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 edge	advmod
6	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stands	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 view	mark
10	view	view	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stands	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 scene	det
12	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 view	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	One			the edge in order			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=Location
2	view	to-infinitive	One not said here	the scene					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scene=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

One remains well back and behind any fence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 back	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 back	cop
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 back	advmod
4	back	back	ADV	_	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fence	cc
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 fence	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 fence	det
8	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 back	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	One					back, well property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

One leans out over the edge whilst holding a friend

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	out	out	ADV	_	2 leans	advmod
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 edge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 edge	det
6	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leans	obl
7	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	8 holding	mark
8	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 leans	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 friend	det
10	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean out	present	One			the edge		out property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over edge=Location
2	hold	gerund	One not said here	a friend					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme

Option 4

One climbs over fences to see further

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 climbs	nsubj
2	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	4 fences	case
4	fences	fence	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 climbs	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 climbs	advcl
7	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	present	One			fences			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fence=Trajectory
2	see	to-infinitive	One not said here					far property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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