Exam question 2 · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

Identify the principal purpose of agreeing a meeting point prior to entering a large crowd.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal purpose, meeting point · What happens: identify, agree, enter · To what, where: principal purpose, meeting point, large crowd

This is exam question 2 of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 agreeing	mark
6	agreeing	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 purpose	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 point	det
8	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 point	compound
9	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 agreeing	obj
10	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	12 entering	mark
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 prior	fixed
12	entering	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 point	acl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 crowd	det
14	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 crowd	amod
15	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 entering	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	agree speech: agree	gerund	the principal purpose not said here	a meeting point	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent point=Topic
3	enter	gerund	a meeting point not said here	a large crowd	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme crowd=Destination

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

It ensures the party departs before the crowd and avoids the queues

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	2 ensures	nsubj
2	ensures	ensure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 party	det
4	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 departs	nsubj
5	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ensures	acl:relcl
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 crowd	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crowd	det
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 departs	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 avoids	cc
10	avoids	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ensures	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 queues	det
12	queues	queue	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 avoids	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	ensure	present	It			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
2	depart	present	the party		before the crowd	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	avoid	present		the queues		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent queue=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A place to reunite should the party become separated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 become	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 reunite	mark
4	reunite	reunite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 place	acl
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 become	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 party	det
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 become	nsubj
8	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	reunite	to-infinitive	a place not said here	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	become	should	a place	tree rules
3	separate	participle	a place not said here	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It reduces the cost of admission

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	2 reduces	nsubj
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cost	det
4	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 admission	case
6	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cost	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	It	the cost of admission					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer cost=Patient
2	cost			admission					nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It secures a superior view of the event

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	2 secures	nsubj
2	secures	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 view	det
4	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 view	amod
5	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 secures	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 event	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 event	det
8	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 view	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	present	It	a superior view of the event					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition view=Theme
2	view			the event					nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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