Exam question 3 · Getting ready for school and the school day

Select the response consistent with established practice where nobody arrives to collect a pupil.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, nobody · What happens: select, establish, arrive, collect · To what, where: response, pupil

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 arrives	advmod
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 arrives	nsubj
10	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 practice	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 collect	mark
12	collect	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 arrives	xcomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pupil	det
14	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 collect	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	arrive	present	nobody		tree rules
4	collect	to-infinitive	nobody not said here	a pupil	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=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 · ✓ the right answer

He returns to the school office and informs a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 office	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 office	det
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 office	compound
6	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 informs	cc
8	informs	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 returns	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 informs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	He					to the school office result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to office=Result
2	inform speech: other	present	He not said here		a teacher				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Option 2

He waits outside the gate until dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 waits	nsubj
2	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	outside	outside	ADP	_	5 gate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waits	obl
6	until	until	ADP	_	7 dark	case
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 waits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present	He			the gate	until dark		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside gate=Location

Option 3

He walks home alone by a new route

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 walks	nsubj
2	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 walks	advmod
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 walks	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 route	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 route	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 route	amod
8	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	He					by a new route; alone, home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by route=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He accepts a lift from any adult known by sight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 accepts	nsubj
2	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lift	det
4	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepts	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 adult	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 adult	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepts	obl
8	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 adult	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 sight	case
10	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 known	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	present	He	a lift				from any adult	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lift=Theme from adult=Source
2	know	participle		any adult not said here				by sight	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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