Exam question 4 · The lunchroom and school trips

Ascertain the course of action for a pupil separated from his group on a trip.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, separate · To what, where: course, pupil

This is exam question 4 of lesson 258 «The lunchroom and school trips» 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	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 pupil	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
9	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 pupil	acl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 group	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 group	nmod:poss
12	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 separated	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 trip	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 trip	det
15	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 separated	obl
16	.	.	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 course of action				for a pupil	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition course=Theme for pupil=Beneficiary
2	separate	participle		a pupil not said here				on a trip; from pupil's group	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from group=Co-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

He goes home by himself on public transport

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 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 goes	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 himself	case
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 goes	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 transport	case
7	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 transport	amod
8	transport	transport	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	He			public transport		by himself = he; home property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by himself=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He hides until found

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 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 found	mark
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 hides	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	He						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	find	participle	He not said here						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He follows a stranger out

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 follows	nsubj
2	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stranger	det
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 follows	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	2 follows	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow out	present	He	a stranger					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He informs the teacher or a member of staff without delay

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 informs	nsubj
2	informs	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 informs	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 member	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 member	det
7	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teacher	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 staff	case
9	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 member	nmod
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 delay	case
11	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 informs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present	He		the teacher or a member of staff			without delay	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

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