Exam question 2 · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

Identify the principal reason for which a small child is walked on the side away from traffic.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, walk · To what, where: principal reason, small child, side

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 walked	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walked	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 walked	aux:pass
11	walked	walk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 side	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 side	det
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walked	obl
15	away	away	ADV	_	11 walked	advmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 traffic	case
17	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 away	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	walk	present · passive		a small child		the side		for the principal reason; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme on side=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

To allow the child to see the shops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 allow	mark
2	allow	allow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 allow	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 allow	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shops	det
8	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	to-infinitive		the child					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer child=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	the child not said here	the shops					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shop=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To keep the child further from the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	further	further	ADV	_	2 keep	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive			the child	the road		further property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer child=Beneficiary from road=Eventuality

Option 3

Because the child walks more slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 walks	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walks	nsubj
4	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 walks	advmod
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 walks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	the child					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Because the pavement is wider there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 wider	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pavement	det
3	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wider	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wider	cop
5	wider	wide	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 wider	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the pavement			there		wide property	tree rules

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