Exam question 3 · Lifting and carrying heavy things

It being given that an object is too heavy for a child to raise unaided, select the course of action consistent with safe practice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: object · What happens: give, be, raise, select · To what, where: It, course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Lifting and carrying heavy things» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 heavy	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 object	det
6	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heavy	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 heavy	cop
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 heavy	advmod
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 given	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 child	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 raise	mark
14	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	advcl
15	unaided	unaided	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 raise	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 select	punct
17	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 raise	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 course	det
19	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 select	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 action	case
21	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 course	nmod
22	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 action	amod
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 practice	case
24	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 practice	amod
25	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 consistent	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It	for a child	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for child=Asset
2	is	present	a object		heavy property	tree rules
3	raise	to-infinitive			unaided property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	select	infinitive		the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme

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 right answer

The child should request assistance or employ a trolley or other wheeled device

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 request	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 request	aux
4	request	request	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 request	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 employ	cc
7	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 request	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 trolley	det
9	trolley	trolley	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employ	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 device	cc
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 device	amod
12	wheeled	wheel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 device	amod
13	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trolley	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	request	should	the child	assistance	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent assistance=Recipient
2	employ	infinitive	the child not said here	a trolley or other wheeled device	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trolley=Theme
3	wheel	participle			vn drive-11.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The child should raise it whilst turning the back sharply

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 raise	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 raise	aux
4	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 raise	obj
6	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	7 turning	mark
7	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 raise	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 back	det
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turning	obj
10	sharply	sharply	ADV	_	7 turning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	should	the child	it					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	turn	gerund	the child not said here	the back				sharply property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme

Option 3

The child should lift it repeatedly until it moves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lift	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lift	aux
4	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lift	obj
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	4 lift	advmod
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 moves	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 moves	nsubj
9	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lift	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	should	the child	it				repeatedly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	move	present	child						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The child should attempt to raise it with a sudden jerk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attempt	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 attempt	aux
4	attempt	attempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 raise	mark
6	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 attempt	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 raise	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 jerk	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 jerk	det
10	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 jerk	amod
11	jerk	jerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attempt	should	the child						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	raise not said to happen	to-infinitive	the child not said here	child				with a sudden jerk	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with jerk=Instrument

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