Exam question 1 · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the correct position of a seat belt?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: correct position

This is exam question 1 of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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	11 position	det
10	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 position	amod
11	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 belt	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 belt	det
14	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 belt	compound
15	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 position	nmod
16	?	?	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 correct position of a seat belt				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 lap part across the stomach, the shoulder part across the neck, both drawn tight

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 part	det
2	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	compound
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 stomach	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stomach	det
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 part	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 part	det
9	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 part	compound
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	conj
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 neck	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 neck	det
13	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 part	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 drawn	punct
15	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	16 drawn	nsubj
16	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 part	conj
17	tight	tight	ADV	_	16 drawn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle	both					tight property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The belt behind the back entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 belt	det
2	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 back	det
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 belt	nmod
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 back	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The lap part low across the hips, the shoulder part across the chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 part	det
2	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	compound
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 part	advmod
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 hips	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hips	det
7	hips	hip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 part	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 part	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 part	det
10	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 part	compound
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	conj
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 chest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 chest	det
14	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 part	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The belt beneath both arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 belt	det
2	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 arms	case
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 arms	det
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 belt	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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