Exam question 3 · Trains, the Underground and subways

It is given that a family travelling by rail becomes separated. Select the response consistent with sound prior arrangement.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, you · What happens: give, travel, separate, select · To what, where: It, family, response

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a family travelling by rail becomes separated.

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 separated	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 family	det
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 separated	nsubj:pass
7	travelling	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 family	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 rail	case
9	rail	rail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 travelling	obl
10	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 separated	aux:pass
11	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	travel	gerund	a family not said here		by rail	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by rail=Trajectory
3	separate	present · passive		a family		vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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 sound prior arrangement.

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 arrangement	case
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 arrangement	compound
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 arrangement	amod
8	arrangement	arrangement	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

The options

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

A plan agreed beforehand, such as alighting at the next station and waiting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 plan	acl
4	beforehand	beforehand	ADV	_	3 agreed	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 alighting	punct
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	8 alighting	mark
7	as	as	ADP	_	6 such	fixed
8	alighting	alight	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 plan	acl
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 station	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 station	det
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 station	amod
12	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 alighting	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 waiting	cc
14	waiting	waiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 station	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	participle		a plan not said here				beforehand property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	alight	gerund	a plan not said here			the next station and waiting			tree rules

Option 2

The child shall remain aboard until the line terminates and tell nobody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	aboard	aboard	ADV	_	4 remain	advmod
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 terminates	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 line	det
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 terminates	nsubj
9	terminates	terminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tell	cc
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 remain	conj
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	remain	shall	the child		aboard property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	terminate	present	the line			vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	the child not said here	nobody		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient

Option 3

The child shall leave the station in search of the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 leave	aux
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 station	det
6	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 search	case
8	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 family	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 family	det
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 search	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	shall	the child	the station		search of the family			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent station=Theme in search=Location
2	search			the family					nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Each member shall proceed independently to the final destination

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 member	det
2	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proceed	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 proceed	aux
4	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	independently	independently	ADV	_	4 proceed	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 destination	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 destination	det
8	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 destination	amod
9	destination	destination	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proceed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	shall	each member					to the final destination; independently property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

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