Exam question 3 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…
It is given that a family is to enter a large crowd. Select the measure consistent with established guidance.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, you · What happens: give, be, select, establish · To what, where: It, measure
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a family is to enter a large crowd.
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 | _ | 9 enter | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 enter | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 enter | cop |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 enter | mark |
| 9 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 crowd | det |
| 11 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 crowd | amod |
| 12 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 enter | obj |
| 13 | . | . | 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 | is | present | a family | enter 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.
Sentence 2: Select the measure 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 measure | det |
| 3 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Select | xcomp |
| 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 measure | consistent property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme | |||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1
Waiting to see whether anyone becomes lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waiting | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 becomes | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 see | mark |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Waiting | advcl |
| 4 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 5 anyone | mark |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 see | obj |
| 6 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 becomes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | anyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | become | present | Waiting | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | lose | participle | Waiting not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Agreeing a meeting point and holding an adult's hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agreeing | agree | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 point | det |
| 3 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 point | compound |
| 4 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Agreeing | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 holding | cc |
| 6 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Agreeing | conj |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 adult | det |
| 8 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hand | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 adult | case |
| 10 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 holding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | gerund | a meeting point | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent point=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hold | gerund | a adult's hand | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
Option 3
Entering only after dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entering | enter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 1 Entering | advmod |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 dark | case |
| 4 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Entering | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | gerund | after dark | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Each member proceeding separately, in order to see more of the event
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 member | det |
| 2 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 proceeding | nsubj |
| 3 | proceeding | proceed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | separately | separately | ADV | _ | 3 proceeding | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 6 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 9 see | mark |
| 7 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 in | fixed |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 see | mark |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 proceeding | advcl |
| 10 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 see | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 event | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 event | det |
| 13 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | proceed | gerund | each member | separately property | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | each member not said here | more | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |
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