Exam question 1 · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required during a service in a place of worship?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, require · To what, where: conduct, place

This is exam question 1 of lesson 324 «Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places of worship and museums, compliments, and classmates with autism, ADHD or hidden disabilities» 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	during	during	ADP	_	14 service	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 service	det
14	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 place	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 place	det
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 worship	case
19	worship	worship	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 place	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	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 place of worship	during a service		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

Moving about freely in order to explore the building during the prayers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	about	about	ADV	_	3 freely	advmod
3	freely	freely	ADV	_	1 Moving	advmod
4	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 explore	mark
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 in	fixed
6	to	to	PART	_	7 explore	mark
7	explore	explore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Moving	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 building	det
9	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 explore	obj
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 prayers	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prayers	det
12	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move about	gerund					during the prayers	freely property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	explore	to-infinitive		the building					vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent building=Location

Option 2

Photographing the ceremony at will

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Photographing	photograph	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 will	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ceremony	det
3	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Photographing	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 will	case
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	photograph	gerund		the ceremony					vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceremony=Theme

Option 3

Speaking normally to companions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	normally	normally	ADV	_	1 Speaking	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 companions	case
4	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Speaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund						to companions; normally property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to companion=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sitting quietly and taking no photographs unless permitted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Sitting	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 taking	cc
4	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Sitting	conj
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 photographs	det
6	photographs	photograph	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 taking	obj
7	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	8 permitted	mark
8	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 taking	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund		quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take	gerund	no photographs		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photograph=Theme
3	permit a condition, not said to happen	participle			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

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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