Exam question 2 · Helpers in town and building sites

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate response of a child to a firefighter in full protective equipment during a fire?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: appropriate response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» 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	of	of	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 response	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 firefighter	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 firefighter	det
17	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 equipment	case
19	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 equipment	amod
20	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 equipment	amod
21	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 firefighter	nmod
22	during	during	ADP	_	24 fire	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 fire	det
24	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the appropriate response of a child			during a fire	of the following statements; to a firefighter in full protective equipment; accurately property	tree rules

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 the gear is removed

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	SCONJ	_	10 removed	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gear	det
8	gear	gear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 removed	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 removed	aux:pass
10	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 conceal	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	shall	the child	themselves = they					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
2	remove	present · passive		the gear					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The child shall flee from the firefighter

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 flee	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 flee	aux
4	flee	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 firefighter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 firefighter	det
7	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flee	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	shall	the child			the firefighter			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from firefighter=Initial_Location

Option 3

The child shall respond to a familiar adult only

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 respond	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 respond	aux
4	respond	respond	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 adult	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
7	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 adult	amod
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 respond	obl
9	only	only	ADV	_	4 respond	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respond speech: other	shall	the child					to a familiar adult	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to adult=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The child shall not hide but shall make themselves known

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	5 hide	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hide	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 hide	advmod
5	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 make	cc
7	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 make	aux
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hide	conj
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 make	obj
10	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not hide	shall	the child		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	shall	the child not said here	themselves = they	tree rules
3	know	participle	themselves = they not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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