Exam question 3 · Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail ma…
It is given that a river must be crossed. Select the response consistent with established guidance.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, cross, select, establish · To what, where: It, river, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 325 «Outdoors: icy playgrounds, blisters, cliff edges, trail markers, quarries, campfire burns, river crossings, bridges and pool safety» 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 river must be crossed.
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 crossed | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 river | det |
| 6 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crossed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 crossed | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 crossed | aux:pass |
| 9 | crossed | cross | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 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 | cross | must · passive | a river | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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
By wading where it looks calm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 wading | mark |
| 2 | wading | wade | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 5 looks | advmod |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 looks | nsubj |
| 5 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 wading | advcl |
| 6 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 looks | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wade | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | look | present | it | calm property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
By stepping on wet stones quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 stepping | mark |
| 2 | stepping | step | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 stones | case |
| 4 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stones | amod |
| 5 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stepping | obl |
| 6 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 2 stepping | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step | gerund | wet stones | quickly property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stone=Trajectory |
Option 3
By walking along a fallen log
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 walking | mark |
| 2 | walking | walk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | along | along | ADP | _ | 6 log | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 log | det |
| 5 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 log | amod |
| 6 | log | log | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | gerund | a fallen log | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along log=Trajectory | |||||
| 2 | fall | participle | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Only by a bridge, or with a grown-up who says it is safe
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 bridge | advmod |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 bridge | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bridge | det |
| 4 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 safe | punct |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 safe | cc |
| 7 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 13 says | mark |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 grown | det |
| 9 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 says | advcl |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 up | punct |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 grown | compound:prt |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 says | nsubj |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 safe | advcl |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 safe | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 safe | cop |
| 16 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bridge | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | bridge | safe property | tree rules |
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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