Exam question 2 · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads

Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response upon dropping something in the road while crossing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: appropriate response · What happens: follow, constitute, drop, cross · To what, where: appropriate response, something, road

This is exam question 2 of lesson 266 «Walking on the pavement and crossing roads» 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 response	det
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 response	amod
8	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obj
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 dropping	mark
10	dropping	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 response	acl
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 dropping	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 road	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 road	det
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dropping	obl
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 crossing	mark
16	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 dropping	advcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	constitute	present		the appropriate response		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme response=Pivot
3	drop	gerund	the appropriate response not said here	something	the road	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent something=Theme in road=Destination
4	cross	gerund	the appropriate response not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

One waits in the road for a gap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 waits	nsubj
2	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 road	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waits	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 gap	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 gap	det
8	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present	One			the road		for a gap	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in road=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is left, the crossing finished, and retrieved later

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 left	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 finished	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crossing	det
6	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 finished	nsubj
7	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 retrieved	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 retrieved	cc
10	retrieved	retrieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 finished	conj
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 retrieved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		It		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	finish	past	the crossing			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	retrieve	past	the crossing not said here		late property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

One runs back for it immediately, before any vehicle approaches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 runs	obl
6	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 approaches	punct
8	before	before	ADP	_	11 approaches	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 vehicle	det
10	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 approaches	compound
11	approaches	approach	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run back	present	One			vehicle approaches		for it; immediately property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before approach=Trajectory

Option 4

One stops at once to pick it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 stops	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pick	mark
6	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stops	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pick	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 pick	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	One						vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location
2	pick up	to-infinitive	One not said here	it					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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