Exam question 1 · Shops, restaurants and libraries

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required of a child who becomes separated from an adult within a shop?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, require, separate · To what, where: conduct, child

This is exam question 1 of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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	10 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 conduct	acl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 separated	nsubj:pass
16	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 separated	aux:pass
17	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 child	acl:relcl
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 adult	case
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 adult	det
20	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 separated	obl
21	within	within	ADP	_	23 shop	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 shop	det
23	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 separated	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the conduct	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	require	participle	the conduct not said here	of a child	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	separate	present · passive	a child	from a adult; within a shop	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from adult=Co-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.

The options

Option 1

The child shall conceal themselves until closing time

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 conceal	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 conceal	aux
4	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 conceal	obj
6	until	until	ADP	_	8 time	case
7	closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	shall	the child	themselves = they			time		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
2	close	gerund							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The child shall accept a lift from any willing adult

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 accept	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 accept	aux
4	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lift	det
6	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accept	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 adult	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 adult	det
9	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 adult	amod
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	shall	the child	a lift				from any willing adult	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lift=Theme from adult=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The child shall exit the premises to search the car park

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 exit	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 exit	aux
4	exit	exit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 premises	det
6	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 exit	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 search	mark
8	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 exit	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 park	det
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 park	compound
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 search	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exit	shall	the child	the premises					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme premise=Initial_Location
2	search	to-infinitive	the child not said here	the car park					vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent park=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The child shall remain inside or go to a till and inform staff

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	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 remain	advmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 go	cc
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 remain	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 till	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 till	det
10	till	till	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 staff	cc
12	inform	inform	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 staff	compound
13	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 till	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	shall	the child					inside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	infinitive	the child not said here			a till and inform staff			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to till=Initial_Location

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