Exam question 2 · Rain, floods and storms

Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct during a thunderstorm indoors?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow · To what, where: constitutes

This is exam question 2 of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 conduct	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 conduct	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conduct	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 conduct	csubj
5	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 following	obj
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 conduct	amod
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	during	during	ADP	_	10 thunderstorm	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 thunderstorm	det
10	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conduct	nmod
11	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	10 thunderstorm	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 conduct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		constitutes					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constitute=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 · ← Mova's choice

One stands by an open window

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	by	by	ADP	_	6 window	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 window	det
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 window	amod
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stands	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	One					by a open window	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location

Option 2

One uses a corded telephone freely throughout the storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 telephone	det
4	corded	cord	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 telephone	amod
5	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
6	freely	freely	ADV	_	2 uses	advmod
7	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	9 storm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 storm	det
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	One	a corded telephone			throughout the storm	freely property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telephone=Patient
2	cord	participle							tree rules

Option 3

One bathes, since water is entirely safe indoors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 bathes	nsubj
2	bathes	bathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 safe	punct
4	since	since	SCONJ	_	8 safe	mark
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 safe	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 safe	cop
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	8 safe	advmod
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bathes	advcl
9	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	8 safe	advmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Baths, showers, washing up and corded phones are avoided

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Baths	bath	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 avoided	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 showers	punct
3	showers	shower	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Baths	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 washing	punct
5	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 showers	conj
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 washing	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 phones	cc
8	corded	cord	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 phones	amod
9	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Baths	conj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 avoided	aux:pass
11	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	wash up	gerund		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cord	participle		tree rules
3	avoid	present · passive	Baths and showers and corded phones	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location

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