Exam question 3 · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports

It is given that a child is playing outdoors at dusk. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, play, select, establish · To what, where: It, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a child is playing outdoors at dusk.

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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 playing	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 playing	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 playing	aux
8	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	advcl
9	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	8 playing	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 dusk	case
11	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 playing	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	play	present · progressive	a child				dusk	outdoors property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with established guidance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 guidance	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 guidance	amod
7	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The child shall remain outdoors until it is fully dark, provided that friends remain also, and no adult has objected

The tree, 20 words

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 remain	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	4 remain	advmod
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 dark	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dark	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dark	cop
9	fully	fully	ADV	_	10 dark	advmod
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 remain	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 provided	punct
12	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dark	conj
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 remain	mark
14	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 remain	nsubj
15	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 provided	ccomp
16	also	also	ADV	_	15 remain	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 objected	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 objected	cc
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 adult	det
20	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 objected	nsubj
21	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 objected	aux
22	objected	object	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 remain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	remain	shall	the child	outdoors property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	child	dark, fully property	tree rules
3	provide	past	child not said here		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
4	remain	present	friends		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	object speech: other	present · perfect	no adult		vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The child shall play nearer the road for light

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 play	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 play	aux
4	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 play	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 light	case
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	shall	the child	the road				for light; near property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent road=Theme for light=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The child shall come home when the street lights come on or at the agreed time

The tree, 16 words

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 come	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 come	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lights	det
8	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lights	compound
9	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 come	nsubj
10	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 come	advcl
11	on	on	ADV	_	10 come	advmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 time	cc
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 time	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 time	det
15	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 time	amod
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 come	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	come	shall	the child	home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come on	present	the street lights		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	agree speech: agree	participle			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The child shall stay out until called by name

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 stay	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	aux
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 stay	compound:prt
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 called	mark
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stay	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 name	case
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay out	shall	the child						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call	participle	the child not said here					by name	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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