Exam question 3 · The sea, waves and swimming pools

Select the response consistent with established practice upon finding a pool gate open.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established practice · What happens: select, establish, find · To what, where: response, pool gate

This is exam question 3 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	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 finding	mark
9	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 practice	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 gate	det
11	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gate	compound
12	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finding	obj
13	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 finding	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	find	gerund	established practice not said here	a pool gate	open property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

It is closed and an adult 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	3 closed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 closed	aux:pass
3	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 informed	cc
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 informed	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 informed	aux:pass
8	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 closed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	present · passive		It					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	inform speech: other	present · passive		a adult					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

It is ignored if no child is near

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 ignored	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ignored	aux:pass
3	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 near	mark
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 near	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 near	cop
8	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ignored	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	present · passive		It					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	no child					near property	tree rules

Option 3

It is left open for others

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 left	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 left	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 others	case
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		It				for others; open property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for other=Recipient

Option 4

It is propped open with a chair

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 propped	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 propped	aux:pass
3	propped	prop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 propped	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 chair	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chair	det
7	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 propped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prop	present · passive		It				with a chair; open property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme

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