Exam question 1 · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground

Identify the appropriate course of action upon finding a needle or syringe outdoors.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, find · To what, where: appropriate course, needle

This is exam question 1 of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» 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 course	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 course	amod
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 action	case
6	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 course	nmod
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	8 finding	mark
8	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Identify	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 needle	det
10	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 finding	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 syringe	cc
12	syringe	syringe	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 needle	conj
13	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	8 finding	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate course of action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	find	gerund	you not said here	a needle or syringe				outdoors property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=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

It is picked up with care and placed in the nearest bin

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 picked	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 picked	aux:pass
3	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 picked	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 care	case
6	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 placed	cc
8	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 picked	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 bin	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bin	det
11	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 bin	amod
12	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	present · passive		It				with care	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	place	participle				the nearest bin			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in bin=Destination

Option 2

It is taken home in a pocket in order to show one's parents

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 taken	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 taken	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 pocket	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pocket	det
7	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 order	case
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 show	mark
11	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	parataxis
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 parents	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 one	case
14	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 show	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · passive		It		a pocket		in order; home property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in pocket=Location
2	show	to-infinitive			one's parents				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 3

It is kicked into the grass

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 kicked	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kicked	aux:pass
3	kicked	kick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 grass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grass	det
6	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	present · passive		It				into the grass result	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into grass=Result

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

It is not touched; the spot is marked and an adult told

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	4 touched	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 touched	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 touched	advmod
4	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 marked	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spot	det
7	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 marked	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 marked	aux:pass
9	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 touched	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 told	cc
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 told	nsubj
13	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 marked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not touch	present · passive		It	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme
2	mark	present · passive		the spot	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination
3	tell speech: assert	participle	a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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