Exam question 3 · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes
It is given that a passenger suffers car sickness. Select the response consistent with established guidance.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: passenger, you · What happens: give, suffer, select, establish · To what, where: It, car sickness, response
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a passenger suffers car sickness.
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 | _ | 7 suffers | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 passenger | det |
| 6 | passenger | passenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 suffers | nsubj |
| 7 | suffers | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sickness | compound |
| 9 | sickness | sickness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 suffers | obj |
| 10 | . | . | 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 | suffer | present | a passenger | car sickness | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sickness=Stimulus |
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
Lying across the back seat unbelted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 unbelted | csubj |
| 2 | across | across | ADP | _ | 5 seat | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 seat | det |
| 4 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seat | compound |
| 5 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lying | obl |
| 6 | unbelted | unbelt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | gerund | the back seat | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | unbelt | participle | Lying | tree rules |
Option 2
Watching a screen until it passes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 passes | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 screen | det |
| 3 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Watching | obj |
| 4 | until | until | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Watching | obl |
| 6 | passes | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | gerund | a screen | until screen | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screen=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pass | present | Watching | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Reading a book attentively, in order to take one's mind off the motion
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading | read | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 take | advcl |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 book | det |
| 3 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Reading | obj |
| 4 | attentively | attentively | ADV | _ | 1 Reading | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 take | punct |
| 6 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 9 take | mark |
| 7 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 in | fixed |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 take | mark |
| 9 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 mind | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 one | case |
| 12 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 take | obj |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 15 motion | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 motion | det |
| 15 | motion | motion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | gerund | a book | attentively property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | ||||
| 2 | take | to-infinitive | one's mind | the motion | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent mind=Theme off motion=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | mind | one | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Looking at the horizon, getting fresh air and telling the adult early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 horizon | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 horizon | det |
| 4 | horizon | horizon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 getting | punct |
| 6 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Looking | conj |
| 7 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 air | amod |
| 8 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 getting | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 telling | cc |
| 10 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Looking | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 adult | det |
| 12 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 telling | obj |
| 13 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 telling | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | at the horizon | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at horizon=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | gerund | fresh air | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | gerund | the adult | early property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
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