Exam question 2 · Wild animals: keep away, never feed

It being given that a bear is encountered at close quarters, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, encounter, select, establish · To what, where: It, bear, close quarters, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Wild animals: keep away, never feed» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 encountered	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bear	det
6	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 encountered	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 encountered	aux:pass
8	encountered	encounter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 quarters	case
10	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 quarters	amod
11	quarters	quarter	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 encountered	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 select	punct
13	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 course	det
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 select	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 action	case
17	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 course	nmod
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 action	amod
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 guidance	case
20	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 guidance	amod
21	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consistent	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	encounter	present · passive	a bear	close quarters	vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
3	select	infinitive	the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
4	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=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

To run as quickly as possible downhill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 run	mark
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 quickly	advmod
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 run	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 possible	mark
6	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 quickly	advcl
7	downhill	downhill	ADV	_	2 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	to-infinitive						downhill, quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To approach the bear and offer it food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 approach	mark
2	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bear	det
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 approach	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 offer	cc
6	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 approach	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 offer	obj
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 offer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	to-infinitive		the bear					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme
2	offer	infinitive		bear					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent it=Goal food=Theme

Option 3

To climb the nearest small tree at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 climb	mark
2	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
4	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 tree	amod
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tree	amod
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climb	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 climb	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	to-infinitive		the nearest small tree					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Not to run, but to withdraw slowly whilst speaking calmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 run	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 run	mark
3	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 withdraw	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 withdraw	cc
6	to	to	PART	_	7 withdraw	mark
7	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 run	conj
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	7 withdraw	advmod
9	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	10 speaking	mark
10	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 withdraw	advcl
11	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	10 speaking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	not run	to-infinitive		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	withdraw	to-infinitive	slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	speak speech: other	gerund	calmly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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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