Exam question 2 · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

It being given that a snake is observed upon a path, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, observe, select, establish · To what, where: It, snake, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 observed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 snake	det
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 observed	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 observed	aux:pass
8	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 path	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 path	det
11	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 observed	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 select	punct
13	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 course	det
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 select	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 action	case
17	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 course	nmod
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 action	amod
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 guidance	case
20	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 guidance	amod
21	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consistent	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	observe	present · passive	a snake	upon a path	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
3	select	infinitive	the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
4	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

To approach the snake to determine its species

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 approach	mark
2	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 snake	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 approach	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 determine	mark
6	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 approach	advcl
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 species	nmod:poss
8	species	species	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 determine	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	to-infinitive		the snake					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme
2	determine	to-infinitive		snake's species					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=Topic

Option 2

To strike the snake with a stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 strike	mark
2	strike	strike	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 snake	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 strike	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 stick	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stick	det
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 strike	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	to-infinitive		the snake				with a stick	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent snake=Patient with stick=Instrument

Option 3

To throw stones until the snake departs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 throw	mark
2	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 throw	obj
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 departs	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 snake	det
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 departs	nsubj
7	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 throw	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	to-infinitive		stones					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	depart	present	the snake						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To stop, to withdraw slowly, and to allow the snake ample room to depart

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stop	mark
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 withdraw	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 withdraw	mark
5	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 stop	conj
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 withdraw	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 allow	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 allow	cc
9	to	to	PART	_	10 allow	mark
10	allow	allow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 stop	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 room	det
12	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 room	compound
13	ample	ample	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 room	amod
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 allow	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 depart	mark
16	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 room	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	withdraw	to-infinitive		slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	allow	to-infinitive	the snake ample room		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Beneficiary
4	depart	to-infinitive	the snake ample room not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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