Exam question 2 · Getting ready for school and the school day

Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct during an earthquake drill?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow · To what, where: constitutes

This is exam question 2 of lesson 253 «Getting ready for school and the school day» 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	7 conduct	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 conduct	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conduct	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 conduct	csubj
5	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 following	obj
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 conduct	amod
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	during	during	ADP	_	11 drill	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 drill	det
10	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drill	compound
11	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conduct	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 conduct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		constitutes					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constitute=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Drop, take cover under a desk and hold on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 take	punct
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Drop	conj
4	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 desk	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 desk	det
7	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hold	cc
9	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Drop	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	9 hold	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	drop	imperative	you not said here			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	take	infinitive	you not said here	cover	a desk	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Theme
3	hold on	infinitive	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Hide in a corridor beside the tall shelves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 corridor	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 corridor	det
4	corridor	corridor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl
5	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 shelves	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shelves	det
7	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shelves	amod
8	shelves	shelf	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here			a corridor		beside the tall shelves	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corridor=Location

Option 3

Run out of the building at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	5 building	case
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 building	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 building	det
5	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			the building			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out building=Trajectory

Option 4

Stand beside a window in order to observe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	beside	beside	ADP	_	4 window	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 window	det
4	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
5	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 observe	mark
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 in	fixed
7	to	to	PART	_	8 observe	mark
8	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stand	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here			a window			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside window=Location
2	observe	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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