Exam question 1 · Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required of a person separated from their group in woodland?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, require, separate · To what, where: conduct, person
This is exam question 1 of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» 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 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 conduct | acl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 person | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 person | det |
| 14 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 required | obl |
| 15 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 person | acl |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 group | case |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 group | nmod:poss |
| 18 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 separated | obl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 woodland | case |
| 20 | woodland | woodland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 separated | obl |
| 21 | ? | ? | 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 | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | require | participle | the conduct not said here | of a person | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | separate | participle | a person not said here | in woodland; from statements's group | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from group=Co-Patient |
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
They shall run in any direction to find help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 run | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 run | aux |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 direction | case |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 direction | det |
| 6 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 run | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 find | mark |
| 8 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 run | advcl |
| 9 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | shall | They | any direction | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | They not said here | help | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Topic |
Option 2
They shall walk on until they reach a road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 walk | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 walk | aux |
| 3 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADV | _ | 3 walk | advmod |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 reach | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 reach | nsubj |
| 7 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 walk | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 road | det |
| 9 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk on | shall | They | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | reach | present | they | a road | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent road=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They shall stop, remain in one place, and signal by whistle or shout
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 remain | punct |
| 5 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 stop | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 place | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 place | nummod |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 remain | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 signal | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 signal | cc |
| 11 | signal | signal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stop | parataxis |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 whistle | case |
| 13 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stop | obl |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 shout | cc |
| 15 | shout | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 stop | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | shall | They | by whistle | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | remain | infinitive | They not said here | one place | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | ||||
| 3 | shout speech: express | infinitive | They not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
They shall climb a tree in order to seek the path from above
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 climb | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 climb | aux |
| 3 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tree | det |
| 5 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 climb | obj |
| 6 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 9 seek | mark |
| 7 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 in | fixed |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 seek | mark |
| 9 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 climb | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 path | det |
| 11 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seek | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 above | case |
| 13 | above | above | ADV | _ | 9 seek | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | shall | They | a tree | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme | ||||
| 2 | seek | to-infinitive | They not said here | the path | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme |
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