Exam question 1 · Crash forces, school buses and public buses

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required of a pupil whose property has fallen adjacent to a stationary school bus?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: conduct · What happens: follow, characteris, require, fall · To what, where: conduct

This is exam question 1 of lesson 269 «Crash forces, school buses and public buses» 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	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fallen	nsubj
11	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 conduct	acl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 pupil	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pupil	det
14	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
15	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	16 property	nmod:poss
16	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pupil	appos
17	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 fallen	aux
18	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 characterises	ccomp
19	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 fallen	xcomp
20	to	to	ADP	_	24 bus	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 bus	det
22	stationary	stationary	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 school	compound
23	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 bus	compound
24	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 adjacent	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	require	participle		the conduct not said here	of a pupil	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	fall	present · perfect	the conduct		adjacent property	vn occur-48.3 «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

The pupil shall retrieve the item with all possible haste

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retrieve	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 retrieve	aux
4	retrieve	retrieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 item	det
6	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retrieve	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 haste	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 haste	det
9	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 haste	amod
10	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retrieve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retrieve	shall	the pupil	the item				with all possible haste	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The pupil shall notify the driver and refrain from stooping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 notify	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 notify	aux
4	notify	notify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 driver	det
6	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 notify	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 refrain	cc
8	refrain	refrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 driver	conj
9	from	from	SCONJ	_	10 stooping	mark
10	stooping	stoop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 notify	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notify speech: other	shall	the pupil		the driver and refrain				vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient
2	stoop	gerund	the pupil not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The pupil shall request another pupil to obstruct the doors meanwhile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 request	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 request	aux
4	request	request	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 request	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 obstruct	mark
8	obstruct	obstruct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 request	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 doors	det
10	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 obstruct	obj
11	meanwhile	meanwhile	ADV	_	8 obstruct	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	shall	the pupil		another pupil				vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent pupil=Recipient
2	obstruct	to-infinitive	the pupil not said here	the doors				meanwhile property	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer door=Eventuality

Option 4

The pupil shall crawl beneath the vehicle to recover it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crawl	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 crawl	aux
4	crawl	crawl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 vehicle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vehicle	det
7	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crawl	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 recover	mark
9	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 crawl	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 recover	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crawl	shall	the pupil			the vehicle			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath vehicle=Trajectory
2	recover	to-infinitive	the pupil not said here	pupil					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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