Exam question 2 · Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo…
Identify the principal reason for which a person encountering a bear shall not run.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, person · What happens: identify, encounter, not run · To what, where: principal reason, bear
This is exam question 2 of lesson 287 «Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo animals» 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 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 run | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 run | nsubj |
| 9 | encountering | encounter | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 person | acl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 bear | det |
| 11 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 encountering | obj |
| 12 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 run | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 run | advmod |
| 14 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 reason | acl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | encounter | gerund | a person not said here | a bear | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not run | shall | a person | for the principal reason | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for which=Beneficiary |
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
Bears are unable to see moving objects
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 unable | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unable | cop |
| 3 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 unable | xcomp |
| 6 | moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 objects | amod |
| 7 | objects | object | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Bears | unable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | Bears not said here | moving objects | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer object=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | move | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Bears are attracted only by loud noise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 attracted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 attracted | aux:pass |
| 3 | attracted | attract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 noise | advmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 noise | case |
| 6 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 noise | amod |
| 7 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attracted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attract | present · passive | loud noise | Bears | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Running may cause the bear to give chase
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 cause | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 cause | aux |
| 3 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bear | det |
| 5 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cause | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 give | mark |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 cause | xcomp |
| 8 | chase | chase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | cause | may | the bear | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | give | to-infinitive | the bear not said here | chase | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chase=Theme |
Option 4
Running is prohibited in national parks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 prohibited | nsubj |
| 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 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 parks | case |
| 5 | national | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 parks | amod |
| 6 | parks | park | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 prohibited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | prohibit | present · passive | national parks | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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