Exam question 4 · Getting ready for school and the school day

Ascertain the appropriate conduct during a lockdown drill.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain · To what, where: appropriate conduct

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 conduct	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 conduct	amod
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	during	during	ADP	_	8 drill	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 drill	det
7	lockdown	lockdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drill	compound
8	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct			during a lockdown drill		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic

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

One telephones one's parents loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 telephones	nsubj
2	telephones	telephone	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parents	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 one	case
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 telephones	obj
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 telephones	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	telephone speech: other	present	One		one's parents			loudly property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

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

One remains silent, follows the teacher and keeps from doors and windows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remains	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 follows	punct
5	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 remains	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 follows	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 keeps	cc
9	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 remains	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 doors	case
11	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 keeps	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 windows	cc
13	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 doors	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	remain	present	One			silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	follow	present	One not said here	the teacher			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Theme
3	keep	present	One not said here		doors and windows		vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from door=Eventuality

Option 3

One goes to the playground at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 playground	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 playground	det
5	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	One			the playground			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to playground=Initial_Location

Option 4

One looks out of the window to see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	6 window	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 window	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 window	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looks	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 looks	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look out	present	One	the window					tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	One not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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