Exam question 2 · Music practice and ball games

Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response when a ball flies towards one's face?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ball · What happens: follow, constitute, fly · To what, where: appropriate response, face

This is exam question 2 of lesson 246 «Music practice and ball games» 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	5 constitutes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 constitutes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 constitutes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 constitutes	nsubj
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 response	det
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 response	amod
8	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obj
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 flies	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 ball	det
11	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flies	nsubj
12	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 constitutes	advcl
13	towards	towards	ADP	_	16 face	case
14	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 face	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 one	case
16	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flies	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	constitute	present		the appropriate response		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme response=Pivot
3	fly	present	a ball		one's face	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards face=Destination

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

Opening the mouth wide in order to shout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Opening	open	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 wide	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mouth	det
3	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opening	obj
4	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 shout	mark
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 in	fixed
7	to	to	PART	_	8 shout	mark
8	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	gerund		the mouth					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme
2	shout speech: express	to-infinitive							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Raising the hands and turning the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Raising	raise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hands	det
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Raising	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 turning	cc
5	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Raising	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 head	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	gerund		the hands					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	turn	gerund		the head					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 3

Standing perfectly still with the eyes closed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	3 still	advmod
3	still	still	ADV	_	1 Standing	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eyes	det
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Standing	obl
7	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 eyes	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund					still	with the eyes	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	close	participle		the eyes not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Leaning forward towards the ball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaning	lean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	forward	forward	ADV	_	1 Leaning	advmod
3	towards	towards	ADP	_	5 ball	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ball	det
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leaning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean	gerund						towards the ball; forward property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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