Exam question 1 · Handling anger and everyday fears

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct appropriate during a thunderstorm?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: conduct

This is exam question 1 of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» 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	10 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 conduct	amod
12	during	during	ADP	_	14 thunderstorm	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 thunderstorm	det
14	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
15	?	?	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 conduct			during a thunderstorm	of the following statements; 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 right answer

Persons shall remain indoors and away from windows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 remain	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 remain	aux
3	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	3 remain	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 away	cc
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 remain	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 windows	case
8	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	shall	Persons					indoors property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Persons shall shelter beneath a tall tree to keep dry until it passes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shelter	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 shelter	aux
3	shelter	shelter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 tree	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tree	det
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tree	amod
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shelter	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 shelter	advcl
10	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 keep	xcomp
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 passes	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 passes	nsubj
13	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	shelter	shall	Persons	a tall tree		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath tree=Location
2	keep	to-infinitive	Persons not said here		dry property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	pass	present	tree			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Persons shall stand in an open field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stand	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stand	aux
3	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 field	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 field	det
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 field	amod
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	shall	Persons			a open field			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location

Option 4

Persons shall remain outdoors until rain begins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 remain	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 remain	aux
3	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	3 remain	advmod
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 begins	mark
6	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 begins	nsubj
7	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 remain	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	shall	Persons					outdoors property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	begin	present	rain						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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