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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

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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