Exam question 1 · Breakfast, the school day and honest homework

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required during an earthquake within a classroom?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 306 «Breakfast, the school day and honest homework» 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	during	during	ADP	_	14 earthquake	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 earthquake	det
14	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
15	within	within	ADP	_	17 classroom	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 classroom	det
17	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	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	during a earthquake	within a classroom	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=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

Persons shall drop, take cover beneath a sturdy desk and hold on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drop	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 drop	aux
3	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 take	punct
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 drop	conj
6	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obj
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 desk	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 desk	det
9	sturdy	sturdy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 desk	amod
10	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hold	cc
12	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 drop	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	12 hold	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	drop	shall	Persons			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	take	infinitive	Persons not said here	cover	beneath a sturdy desk	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Theme
3	hold on	infinitive	Persons not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Persons shall stand in the window frames

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 frames	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 frames	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 frames	compound
7	frames	frame	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stand	obl

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

Option 3

Persons shall remain seated without cover

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	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 remain	xcomp
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 cover	case
6	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	shall	Persons						tree rules
2	seat	participle	Persons not said here					without cover	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

Option 4

Persons shall run out of doors at once, by the nearest staircase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 run	aux
3	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	6 doors	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 doors	case
6	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 run	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 staircase	punct
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 staircase	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 staircase	det
12	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 staircase	amod
13	staircase	staircase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	shall	Persons			doors			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out door=Trajectory

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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