Exam question 2 · Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes

Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response to signs of heat exhaustion?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, constitute, sign · To what, where: appropriate response, heat exhaustion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 252 «Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes» 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	to	to	ADP	_	10 signs	case
10	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 response	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 exhaustion	case
12	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 exhaustion	compound
13	exhaustion	exhaustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signs	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	constitute	present	the appropriate response	to signs of heat exhaustion	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme response=Pivot
3	sign		heat exhaustion		nom sign «communication transitive»: of=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

Continue playing until the end of the game, and rest thereafter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continue	continue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Continue	xcomp
3	until	until	ADP	_	5 end	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 end	det
5	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 playing	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 game	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 game	det
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 end	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rest	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rest	cc
11	rest	rest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Continue	conj
12	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	11 rest	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	continue	imperative	you not said here			vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	play	gerund	you not said here	until the end of the game		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	rest	infinitive	you not said here		thereafter property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Run in order to cool down in the breeze

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 order	case
3	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cool	mark
5	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	advcl
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 cool	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 breeze	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 breeze	det
9	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cool	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			order			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Trajectory
2	cool down	to-infinitive	you not said here			the breeze			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Stand in the sun to dry the sweat from the skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 sun	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sun	det
4	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 dry	mark
6	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stand	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sweat	det
8	sweat	sweat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dry	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 skin	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 skin	det
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here			the sun			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location
2	dry	to-infinitive	you not said here	the sweat		the skin			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sweat=Result

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

Rest in the shade, drink water and tell an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 shade	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shade	det
4	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rest	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 drink	punct
6	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tell	cc
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 drink	conj
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	infinitive	Rest in the shade	water					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	Rest in the shade not said here		a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

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