Exam question 3 · Snow, ice and strong sun

Select the response consistent with established practice when the UV index is high.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, UV index · What happens: select, establish, be · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 high	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 index	det
10	UV	UV	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 index	compound
11	index	index	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 high	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 high	cop
13	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	advcl
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	is	present	the UV index		high property	tree rules

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 sunbathes at midday, when it is warmest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 sunbathes	nsubj
2	sunbathes	sunbathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 midday	case
4	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sunbathes	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 warmest	punct
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 warmest	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 warmest	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 warmest	cop
9	warmest	warm	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 sunbathes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sunbathe	present	One			midday			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	midday					warm property	tree rules

Option 2

One requires no protection whatever if it is cloudy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 protection	det
4	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 requires	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 cloudy	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cloudy	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cloudy	cop
9	cloudy	cloudy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 requires	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	One	no protection					tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	protection					cloudy property	tree rules

Option 3

One avoids the sun only in the early hours of the morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 avoids	nsubj
2	avoids	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sun	det
4	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoids	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 hours	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 hours	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hours	det
8	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hours	amod
9	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 avoids	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 morning	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 morning	det
12	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	present	One	the sun			hour		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent sun=Location

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

One remains in the shade from about 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 shade	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shade	det
5	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 11	case
7	about	about	ADV	_	8 11	advmod
8	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 remains	obl
9	a.m.	a.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 11	nmod:unmarked
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 3	case
11	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 11	nmod
12	p.m.	p.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 3	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	One			the shade		from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shade=Location

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