Exam question 3 · Crash forces, school buses and public buses

It is given that a passenger upon a public omnibus wishes to alight at a particular stop. Select the response consistent with the established procedure.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: passenger, you · What happens: give, wish, alight, select, establish · To what, where: It, particular stop, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a passenger upon a public omnibus wishes to alight at a particular stop.

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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 wishes	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 passenger	det
6	passenger	passenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wishes	nsubj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 omnibus	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 omnibus	det
9	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 omnibus	amod
10	omnibus	omnibus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 passenger	nmod
11	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 alight	mark
13	alight	alight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wishes	ccomp
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 stop	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 stop	det
16	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 stop	amod
17	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 alight	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	wish	present	a passenger upon a public omnibus			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	alight not said to happen	to-infinitive			a particular stop	tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established procedure.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 procedure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 procedure	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 procedure	amod
8	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The passenger shall press the button or pull the cord before the stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 passenger	det
2	passenger	passenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 press	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 press	aux
4	press	press	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 button	det
6	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 press	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 pull	cc
8	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 press	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cord	det
10	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pull	obj
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 stop	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stop	det
13	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	shall	the passenger	the button					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme
2	pull	infinitive	the passenger not said here	the cord			before the stop		vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Theme

Option 2

The driver shall halt at every stop irrespective of request

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 halt	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 halt	aux
4	halt	halt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 stop	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 stop	det
7	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 halt	obl
8	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	10 request	advmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 request	case
10	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 halt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	halt	shall	the driver			every stop		of request	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

The passenger shall signal to the driver by means of the interior mirror

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 passenger	det
2	passenger	passenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signal	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 signal	aux
4	signal	signal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 driver	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 driver	det
7	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signal	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 means	case
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 signal	parataxis
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 mirror	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mirror	det
12	interior	interior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mirror	amod
13	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signal speech: other	shall	the passenger		the driver				vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to driver=Recipient
2	mean	present						of the interior mirror	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The passenger shall stand once the stop has been passed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 passenger	det
2	passenger	passenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stand	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stand	aux
4	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	once	once	SCONJ	_	10 passed	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stop	det
7	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 passed	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 passed	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 passed	aux:pass
10	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stand	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	shall	the passenger						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pass	present · perfect · passive		the stop					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory

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