Exam question 3 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds

It is given that a child has become separated in a crowd. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, become, separate, select, establish · To what, where: It, crowd, response

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a child has become separated in a 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	_	8 become	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 become	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 become	aux
8	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 given	advcl
9	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 become	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 crowd	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 crowd	det
12	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 separated	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	become	present · perfect	a child			tree rules
3	separate	participle	a child not said here		a crowd	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

Leave the venue alone

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 venue	det
3	venue	venue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	the venue				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venue=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Go to the meeting point and wait, or ask a worker or police officer

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 point	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 point	det
4	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 point	compound
5	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wait	cc
7	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ask	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 ask	cc
10	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 worker	det
12	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 officer	compound
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 police	cc
14	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 worker	conj
15	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		the meeting point	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to point=Initial_Location
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here	worker officer		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent officer=Recipient

Option 3

Search the crowd by running about from one end to the other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Search	search	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crowd	det
3	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Search	obj
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 running	mark
5	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Search	advcl
6	about	about	ADV	_	5 running	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 end	nummod
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 running	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 other	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 other	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	imperative	you not said here	the crowd				to the other	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent crowd=Location
2	run about	gerund	you not said here				from one end	about property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from end=Trajectory

Option 4

Follow any adult who offers help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Follow	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 help	nsubj
5	offers	offer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 help	nsubj
6	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 adult	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	imperative	you not said here	any adult					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Theme
2	help	present	any adult						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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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