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Exam question 4 · Railway crossings, maps and addresses

It is given that a child walking home has lost their way. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, walk, lose, select, establish · To what, where: It, child, response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» 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 child walking home has lost their way.

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	_	10 lost	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	nsubj:pass
7	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 child	acl
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 walking	advmod
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 lost	aux
10	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 way	nmod:poss
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	walk	gerund	a child not said here					home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	lose	present · perfect · passive		a child					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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with established guidance.

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	_	7 guidance	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 guidance	amod
7	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	.	.	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
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The child shall sit upon the kerb until darkness falls

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 sit	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sit	aux
4	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 kerb	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kerb	det
7	kerb	kerb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sit	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 falls	mark
9	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 falls	nsubj
10	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sit	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	shall	the child			the kerb			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon kerb=Location
2	fall	present	darkness						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The child shall accept a lift from a passing motorist

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 motorist	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 motorist	det
9	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 motorist	amod
10	motorist	motorist	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		a passing motorist			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lift=Theme from motorist=Source
2	pass	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The child shall continue walking until a familiar sight appears

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 continue	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 continue	aux
4	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 continue	xcomp
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 appears	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sight	det
8	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sight	amod
9	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appears	nsubj
10	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 walking	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	shall	the child						vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	walk	gerund	the child not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	appear	present	a familiar sight						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The child shall stop, think and go somewhere safe to telephone home

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 stop	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	aux
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 think	punct
6	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stop	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 go	cc
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stop	conj
9	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 go	advmod
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 go	xcomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 telephone	mark
12	telephone	telephone	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 safe	xcomp
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 telephone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	shall	the child						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	think speech: other	infinitive	the child not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go	infinitive	the child not said here					safe, somewhere property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	telephone speech: other	to-infinitive	the child not said here					home property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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