Exam question 3 · Safe at lakes and beaches
Select the response consistent with established practice upon seeing a strange metal drum or flare on the beach.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established practice · What happens: select, establish, see · To what, where: response, strange metal drum
This is exam question 3 of lesson 232 «Safe at lakes and beaches» 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 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 9 seeing | mark |
| 9 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 practice | acl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 drum | det |
| 11 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 drum | amod |
| 12 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 drum | compound |
| 13 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seeing | obj |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 flare | cc |
| 15 | flare | flare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 drum | conj |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 beach | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 beach | det |
| 18 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 flare | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | 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 | see | gerund | established practice not said here | a strange metal drum or flare on the beach | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drum=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
It is thrown back into the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 thrown | aux:pass |
| 3 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 thrown | advmod |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thrown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw back | present · passive | It | into the sea result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into sea=Result |
Option 2
It is carried home as a souvenir
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 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 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 souvenir | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 souvenir | det |
| 7 | souvenir | souvenir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present · passive | It | as a souvenir; home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is not touched, and an adult or lifeguard is informed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 touched | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 touched | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 touched | advmod |
| 4 | touched | touch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 informed | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 informed | cc |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 adult | det |
| 8 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 informed | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 lifeguard | cc |
| 10 | lifeguard | lifeguard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 adult | conj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 informed | aux:pass |
| 12 | informed | inform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 touched | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch | present · passive | It | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | |||||
| 2 | inform speech: other | present · passive | a adult or lifeguard | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 4
It is opened to inspect its contents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 opened | aux:pass |
| 3 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 inspect | mark |
| 5 | inspect | inspect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 opened | advcl |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 contents | nmod:poss |
| 7 | contents | contents | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 inspect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | present · passive | It | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | inspect | to-infinitive | its contents | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contents=Theme |
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