Exam question 1 · The sea, waves and swimming pools

Identify the appropriate response where the sea suddenly withdraws far from the shore following an earthquake.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, sea, shore · What happens: identify, withdraw, follow · To what, where: appropriate response, shore, earthquake

This is exam question 1 of lesson 233 «The sea, waves and swimming pools» 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 response	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 withdraws	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 withdraws	nsubj
8	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	9 withdraws	advmod
9	withdraws	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 response	acl:relcl
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 withdraws	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 shore	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shore	det
13	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 withdraws	obl
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 shore	acl
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 earthquake	det
16	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 following	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	withdraw	present	the sea		the shore	far, suddenly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from shore=Initial_Location
3	follow	gerund	the shore not said here	a earthquake			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earthquake=Theme

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 swim out to meet the wave before it reaches the shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 swim	mark
2	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADV	_	2 swim	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 meet	mark
5	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 swim	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wave	det
7	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 meet	obj
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 reaches	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 reaches	nsubj
10	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 meet	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shore	det
12	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reaches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swim out	to-infinitive			out property	tree rules
2	meet	to-infinitive		the wave		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Co-Agent
3	reach	present	wave	the shore		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent shore=Theme

Option 2

To walk out across the sand to collect the stranded fish

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	out	out	ADV	_	2 walk	advmod
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 sand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sand	det
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walk	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 collect	mark
8	collect	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 walk	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fish	det
10	stranded	strand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 fish	amod
11	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 collect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	walk out	to-infinitive		the sand	out property	vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	collect	to-infinitive	the stranded fish			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme
3	strand	participle				tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To run to high ground at once, as a tsunami approaches

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	to	to	ADP	_	5 ground	case
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ground	amod
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 run	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 run	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 approaches	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 approaches	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tsunami	det
11	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 approaches	nsubj
12	approaches	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	to-infinitive						to high ground result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to ground=Result
2	approach	present	a tsunami						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To remain on the beach and watch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 beach	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beach	det
5	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 watch	cc
7	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 remain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive				the beach			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location
2	watch	infinitive							vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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