Exam question 3 · Airports and planes

In the event that oxygen masks are deployed, select the response consistent with the established procedure.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: event, you · What happens: deploy, select, establish · To what, where: oxygen masks, response, event

This is exam question 3 of lesson 271 «Airports and planes» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 event	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 event	det
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 select	obl
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 deployed	mark
5	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 masks	compound
6	masks	mask	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 deployed	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 deployed	aux:pass
8	deployed	deploy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 event	acl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 event	punct
10	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 response	det
12	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 select	obj
13	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 response	amod
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 procedure	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 procedure	det
16	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 procedure	amod
17	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 consistent	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	deploy	present · passive	the event not said here	oxygen masks		tree rules
2	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	the event	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 right answer

The passenger shall secure their own mask before assisting others

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 secure	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 secure	aux
4	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mask	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mask	amod
7	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 secure	obj
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 assisting	mark
9	assisting	assist	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 secure	advcl
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 assisting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	shall	the passenger	their own mask					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mask=Theme
2	assist	gerund	the passenger not said here	others					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary

Option 2

The passenger shall leave their seat to locate a member of the cabin crew

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 leave	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 leave	aux
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 seat	nmod:poss
6	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 locate	mark
8	locate	locate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 leave	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 member	det
10	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 locate	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 crew	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 crew	det
13	cabin	cabin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 crew	compound
14	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 member	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	shall	the passenger	their seat					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Theme
2	locate	to-infinitive	the passenger not said here	a member of the cabin crew					tree rules

Option 3

The passenger shall first assist every child in the row

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	5 assist	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 assist	aux
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 assist	advmod
5	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 assist	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 row	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 row	det
10	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 assist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	shall	the passenger		every child	the row		first property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary

Option 4

The passenger shall await instruction before using any mask

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 await	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 await	aux
4	await	await	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 await	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 using	mark
7	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 await	advcl
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 mask	det
9	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	await	shall	the passenger	instruction					tree rules
2	use	gerund	the passenger not said here	any mask					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mask=Patient

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