Exam question 1 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a good meeting point?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: good meeting point

This is exam question 1 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together in 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 point	det
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 point	amod
11	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 point	compound
12	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	?	?	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		a good meeting point				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 · ← Mova's choice

A particular person in the crowd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 crowd	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crowd	det
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 person	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Easy to find and fixed, such as a big sign or the entrance gate

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sign	amod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 find	mark
3	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Easy	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 fixed	cc
5	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Easy	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sign	punct
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 sign	case
8	as	as	ADP	_	7 such	fixed
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sign	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sign	amod
11	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 gate	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gate	det
14	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gate	compound
15	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sign	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive							vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Any spot chosen after becoming lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 spot	det
2	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 spot	acl
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 becoming	mark
5	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 chosen	advcl
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 spot	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	choose	participle	any spot not said here	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	become	gerund		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	lose	participle	any spot not said here	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A moving vehicle, such as an ice cream van or a ride that travels about the fair

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 vehicle	det
2	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 vehicle	amod
3	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 van	punct
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 van	case
6	as	as	ADP	_	5 such	fixed
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 van	det
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cream	compound
9	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 van	compound
10	van	van	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 vehicle	appos
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 ride	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ride	det
13	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 van	conj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 travels	nsubj
15	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 ride	acl:relcl
16	about	about	ADP	_	18 fair	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fair	det
18	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 travels	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	travel	present	a ride					about the fair	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about fair=Trajectory

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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