Exam question 4 · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

Ascertain the technique termed the «Dutch reach».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, technique · What happens: ascertain, term · To what, where: Dutch reach

This is exam question 4 of lesson 268 «In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers» 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 technique	det
3	technique	technique	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 termed	nsubj
4	termed	term	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reach	det
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 reach	punct
7	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 reach	amod
8	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 termed	obj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 reach	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	term	past	the technique	the Dutch reach					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reach=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

Opening the door quickly with the nearer hand, then glancing in the mirror

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Opening	open	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opening	obj
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Opening	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 hand	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hand	det
7	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 hand	amod
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opening	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 glancing	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 glancing	advmod
11	glancing	glance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Opening	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 mirror	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mirror	det
14	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 glancing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	gerund		the door				with the nearer hand; quickly property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent door=Patient with hand=Instrument
2	glance	gerund					then	in the mirror	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mirror=Theme

Option 2

Leaning out of the window to wave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaning	lean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	5 window	case
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leaning	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 wave	mark
7	wave	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leaning	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean	gerund				the window			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out window=Location
2	wave	to-infinitive							vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Reaching across to fasten another's seat belt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	across	across	ADV	_	1 Reaching	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fasten	mark
4	fasten	fasten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Reaching	advcl
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 belt	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 another	case
7	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belt	compound
8	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fasten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	gerund						across property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fasten	to-infinitive		another's seat belt					vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Opening the door with the far hand, to look back for bikes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Opening	open	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 look	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opening	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 hand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hand	det
6	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hand	amod
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opening	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 look	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	10 look	mark
10	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 look	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 bikes	case
13	bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	gerund		the door				with the far hand	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent door=Patient with hand=Instrument
2	look back	to-infinitive	Opening					for bikes	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for bike=Theme

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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