Exam question 1 · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required following a long or strong earthquake at the coast?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: conduct · What happens: follow, characteris, require · To what, where: long earthquake, coast
This is exam question 1 of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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 | 11 required | nsubj |
| 11 | required | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 characterises | ccomp |
| 12 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 required | xcomp |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 earthquake | det |
| 14 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 earthquake | amod |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 strong | cc |
| 16 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 long | conj |
| 17 | earthquake | earthquake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 following | obj |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 coast | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 coast | det |
| 20 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 earthquake | nmod |
| 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 | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | require | past | the conduct | vn require-103-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | |||||
| 4 | follow | gerund | the conduct not said here | a long earthquake | the coast | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent earthquake=Theme at coast=Trajectory |
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
Persons shall go to high ground or inland at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 ground | case |
| 5 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ground | amod |
| 6 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 go | obl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 inland | cc |
| 8 | inland | inland | ADV | _ | 6 ground | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 once | case |
| 10 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | shall | Persons | high ground | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ground=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Persons shall remain at home until the next day
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 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 home | case |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 remain | obl |
| 6 | until | until | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 8 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 day | amod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 remain | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | shall | Persons | home | day | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location |
Option 3
Persons shall wait for the water to recede
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wait | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 wait | aux |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wait | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 recede | mark |
| 8 | recede | recede | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | shall | Persons | for the water | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | recede | to-infinitive | Persons not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Persons shall go to the beach to observe the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 beach | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 beach | det |
| 6 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 go | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 observe | mark |
| 8 | observe | observe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 go | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sea | det |
| 10 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 observe | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | shall | Persons | the beach | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | observe | to-infinitive | Persons not said here | the sea | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sea=Topic |
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