Exam question 1 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required in a queue at the checkout?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and crowds» 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	in	in	ADP	_	14 queue	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 queue	det
14	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 checkout	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 checkout	det
17	checkout	checkout	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 queue	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	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	a queue at the checkout		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

One waits one's turn, since pushing in is rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 waits	nsubj
2	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turn	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 one	case
5	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waits	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pushing	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	8 pushing	mark
8	pushing	push	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 rude	csubj
9	in	in	ADV	_	8 pushing	advmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rude	cop
11	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 waits	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	present	One	one's turn		tree rules
2	push in	gerund				vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	pushing		rude property	tree rules

Option 2

One may push in if purchasing little

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 push	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 push	aux
3	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	3 push	obl
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 purchasing	mark
6	purchasing	purchase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 push	advcl
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 purchasing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push in	may	One						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	purchase a condition, not said to happen	gerund	One not said here	little					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset little=Theme

Option 3

One may proceed directly to the front if one is in haste or has but one item

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 proceed	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 proceed	aux
3	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	directly	directly	ADV	_	3 proceed	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 front	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 front	det
7	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceed	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 haste	mark
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 haste	nummod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 haste	cop
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 haste	case
12	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceed	advcl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 has	cc
14	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 haste	conj
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 item	cc
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 item	nummod
17	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 haste	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	proceed	may	One		to the front; directly property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	One not said here	one haste but one item		tree rules
3	have	present	One not said here			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

One waits only if the cashier is watching

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 waits	nsubj
2	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	8 watching	advmod
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 watching	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cashier	det
6	cashier	cashier	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 watching	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 watching	aux
8	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 waits	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present	One						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	watch a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	the cashier						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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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