Exam question 1 · Trains, the Underground and subways

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate response when a personal article falls upon the railway tracks?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: personal article · What happens: follow, characteris, fall · To what, where: appropriate response, railway tracks

This is exam question 1 of lesson 270 «Trains, the Underground and subways» 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	11 response	det
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 response	amod
11	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 falls	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 article	det
14	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 article	amod
15	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 falls	nsubj
16	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	advcl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 tracks	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 tracks	det
19	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tracks	compound
20	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 falls	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the appropriate response		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	fall	present	a personal article		the railway tracks		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon track=Location

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 article may be retrieved provided no train is visible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 article	det
2	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 provided	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 retrieved	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 retrieved	aux:pass
5	retrieved	retrieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 article	acl:relcl
6	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 train	det
8	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 visible	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 visible	cop
10	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	retrieve	may · passive		the article not said here		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»
2	provide	past	the article			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	is	present	no train		visible property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The article shall be reported to staff and no descent attempted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 article	det
2	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reported	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 reported	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 reported	aux:pass
5	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 staff	case
7	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reported	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 descent	cc
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 descent	det
10	descent	descent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 staff	conj
11	attempted	attempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 descent	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	shall · passive		the article	staff and no descent				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to staff=Recipient
2	attempt	participle		no descent not said here					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The article may be recovered by lying flat upon the platform edge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 article	det
2	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recovered	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 recovered	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 recovered	aux:pass
5	recovered	recover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 lying	mark
7	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 recovered	advcl
8	flat	flat	ADV	_	7 lying	advmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 edge	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 edge	det
11	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 edge	compound
12	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover	may · passive		the article					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	lie	gerund				the platform edge		flat property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon edge=Location

Option 4

The article shall be abandoned and the matter concealed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 article	det
2	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 abandoned	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 abandoned	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 abandoned	aux:pass
5	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 concealed	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 matter	det
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concealed	obl:unmarked
9	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 abandoned	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	shall · passive		the article					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source
2	conceal	participle		the matter					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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