Exam question 1 · Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthqu…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the earthquake drill?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 329 «Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthquake drills, pick-up, phones, tidy desks, homework and group work» 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	11 drill	det
10	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drill	compound
11	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the earthquake drill				of the following statements; accurately 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.

The options

Option 1

Leave the building and run outdoors at the very first tremor that is felt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 building	det
3	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 run	cc
5	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
6	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	5 run	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	11 tremor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tremor	det
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 first	advmod
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 tremor	amod
11	tremor	tremor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 run	obl
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 felt	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 felt	aux:pass
14	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 tremor	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	the building			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Theme
2	run	infinitive	you not said here		the first tremor	outdoors property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at tremor=Trajectory
3	feel	present · passive		the first tremor			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Stand beside the windows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	beside	beside	ADP	_	4 windows	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 windows	det
4	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here			the windows			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside window=Location

Option 3

Remain seated without cover

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Remain	xcomp
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 cover	case
4	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	seat	participle	you not said here					without cover	vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

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

Drop, take cover under a sturdy desk and hold on until the shaking stops

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 take	punct
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Drop	conj
4	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	8 desk	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 desk	det
7	sturdy	sturdy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 desk	amod
8	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hold	cc
10	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Drop	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	10 hold	compound:prt
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	15 stops	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 shaking	det
14	shaking	shaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stops	nsubj
15	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	drop	imperative	you not said here			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	take	infinitive	you not said here	cover	a sturdy desk	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Theme
3	hold on	infinitive	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stop	present	the shaking			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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