Exam question 3 · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

Select the response consistent with established practice when smoke from distant fires fills the air.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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	SCONJ	_	13 fills	mark
9	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fills	nsubj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 fires	case
11	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fires	amod
12	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 smoke	nmod
13	fills	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 air	det
15	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fills	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	fill	present	smoke from distant fires	the air	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent air=Patient

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 opens all windows to admit fresh air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 opens	nsubj
2	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 windows	det
4	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 opens	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 admit	mark
6	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 opens	advcl
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 air	amod
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 admit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	One	all windows					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme
2	admit speech: other	to-infinitive	One not said here	fresh air					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme

Option 2

One exercises vigorously outside for the benefit of the lungs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 exercises	nsubj
2	exercises	exercise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	_	4 outside	advmod
4	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 exercises	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 benefit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 benefit	det
7	benefit	benefit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exercises	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 lungs	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lungs	det
10	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 benefit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exercise	present	One					for the benefit of the lungs; outside property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

One runs outdoors to clear the lungs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 clear	mark
5	clear	clear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 runs	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lungs	det
7	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 clear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	One					outdoors property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	clear	to-infinitive	One not said here	the lungs					vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lung=Source

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

One stays indoors with windows closed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 stays	nsubj
2	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	2 stays	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 windows	case
5	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stays	obl
6	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 windows	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	One					with windows; indoors property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with window=Location
2	close	participle		windows not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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