Exam question 2 · Teachers, visitors and the playground

Which of the following constitutes the appropriate conduct upon the bell at the end of break?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, constitute · To what, where: appropriate conduct, end

This is exam question 2 of lesson 257 «Teachers, visitors and the playground» 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 conduct	det
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 conduct	amod
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 bell	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bell	det
11	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conduct	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 end	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 end	det
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 break	case
16	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 end	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	constitute	present		the appropriate conduct			at the end of break	upon the bell	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme conduct=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 · ✓ the right answer

Play ceases at once and pupils line up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	compound
2	ceases	cease	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 line	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 ceases	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pupils	cc
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ceases	conj
7	line	line	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 line	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	line up	present	Play ceases and pupils						vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Pupils run straight to the classroom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 run	nsubj
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 classroom	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 classroom	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 classroom	det
6	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	Pupils					to the classroom result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to classroom=Result

Option 3

Pupils wait for a second bell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wait	nsubj
2	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 bell	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bell	det
5	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 bell	amod
6	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present	Pupils					for a second bell	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Play continues until the game has been completed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 continues	nsubj
2	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 completed	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 game	det
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 completed	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 completed	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 completed	aux:pass
8	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 continues	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	Play						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	complete	present · perfect · passive		the game					vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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