Exam question 4 · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

State the reason for which spectators at a firework display remain behind the barrier.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spectators · What happens: remain · To what, where: barrier

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 remain	obl
6	spectators	spectator	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 remain	nsubj
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 display	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 display	det
9	firework	firework	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 display	compound
10	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spectators	nmod
11	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
12	behind	behind	ADP	_	14 barrier	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 barrier	det
14	barrier	barrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remain	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	spectators at a firework display			the barrier		for the reason	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind barrier=Location

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

The barrier marks the area reserved for paying guests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 barrier	det
2	barrier	barrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marks	nsubj
3	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 area	det
5	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reserved	nsubj
6	reserved	reserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 marks	ccomp
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 paying	mark
8	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 reserved	advcl
9	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 paying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mark	present	the barrier		tree rules
2	reserve	past	the area		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	pay	gerund	the area not said here	guests	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Asset

Option 2

Smoke is prohibited from crossing the barrier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 crossing	mark
5	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 prohibited	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 barrier	det
7	barrier	barrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crossing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Smoke					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	cross	gerund		the barrier					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barrier=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Fireworks may injure persons standing too close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 injure	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 injure	aux
3	injure	injure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 injure	obj
5	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 persons	acl
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 close	advmod
7	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 injure	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	injure	may	Fireworks	persons				close property	tree rules
2	stand	gerund	persons not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The fireworks cannot be seen from beyond it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fireworks	det
2	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 seen	nsubj:pass
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 seen	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 seen	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 seen	aux:pass
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 it	case
8	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can · passive		the fireworks		it			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

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