Exam question 4 · Bikes, scooters and car parks

State the course of action appropriate to a scooter rider confronted with a steep downward gradient.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, confront · To what, where: course, scooter rider

This is exam question 4 of lesson 272 «Bikes, scooters and car parks» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 rider	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rider	det
9	scooter	scooter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rider	compound
10	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 appropriate	obl
11	confronted	confront	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 rider	acl
12	with	with	ADP	_	16 gradient	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 gradient	det
14	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 gradient	amod
15	downward	downward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 gradient	amod
16	gradient	gradient	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 confronted	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the course of action					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	confront	participle		a scooter rider not said here				with a steep downward gradient	vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with gradient=Instrument

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

The rider shall drag one foot along the ground to slow down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rider	det
2	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drag	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 drag	aux
4	drag	drag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 foot	nummod
6	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drag	obj
7	along	along	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drag	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 slow	mark
11	slow	slow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 drag	advcl
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 slow	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	shall	the rider	one foot				along the ground	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme
2	slow down	to-infinitive	the rider not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The rider shall lean back and hold the handlebars loosely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rider	det
2	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lean	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lean	aux
4	lean	lean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 lean	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hold	cc
7	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lean	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 handlebars	det
9	handlebars	handlebar	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hold	obj
10	loosely	loosely	ADV	_	7 hold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean back	shall	the rider						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hold	infinitive	the rider not said here	the handlebars				loosely property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handlebar=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The rider shall dismount and walk the scooter down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rider	det
2	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dismount	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 dismount	aux
4	dismount	dismount	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 walk	cc
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dismount	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 scooter	det
8	scooter	scooter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obj
9	down	down	ADP	_	6 walk	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismount	shall	the rider						vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	walk down	infinitive	the rider not said here	the scooter					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme scooter=Trajectory

Option 4

The rider shall descend at speed in order to remain stable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rider	det
2	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 descend	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 descend	aux
4	descend	descend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 speed	case
6	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 descend	obl
7	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 remain	mark
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 in	fixed
9	to	to	PART	_	10 remain	mark
10	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 descend	advcl
11	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	descend	shall	the rider			speed			vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	remain	to-infinitive	the rider not said here					stable property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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