Exam question 2 · Fire at home

It being given that a door is found to be hot to the back of the hand during a fire, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: door · What happens: give, find, be, select, establish · To what, where: It, door, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 34 «Fire at home» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 found	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 found	aux:pass
8	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	11 hot	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 hot	cop
11	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 found	xcomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 back	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 back	det
14	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hot	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 hand	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hand	det
17	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 back	nmod
18	during	during	ADP	_	20 fire	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 fire	det
20	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 select	punct
22	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 course	det
24	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 select	obj
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 action	case
26	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 course	nmod
27	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 action	amod
28	with	with	ADP	_	30 guidance	case
29	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 guidance	amod
30	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 consistent	obl
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	find	present · passive		a door	during a fire		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
3	is	to-infinitive	a door not said here			to the back of the hand; hot property	tree rules
4	select	infinitive		the course of action			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
5	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

To open the door rapidly and run through

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 open	mark
2	open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 open	obj
5	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	2 open	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 run	cc
7	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 open	conj
8	through	through	ADV	_	7 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	to-infinitive		the door				rapidly property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	run through	present						through property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To open the door slowly to admit fresh air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 open	mark
2	open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 open	obj
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 open	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 admit	mark
7	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 open	advcl
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 air	amod
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 admit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	to-infinitive		the door				slowly property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	admit speech: other	to-infinitive		fresh air					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme

Option 3

To wait behind the door until it has cooled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wait	mark
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 door	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 door	det
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 cooled	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cooled	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cooled	aux
9	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive				the door			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind door=Location
2	cool	present · perfect · passive		door					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To make use of another means of escape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 means	csubj
3	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 another	case
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 use	nmod
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 escape	case
8	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		use of another					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product
2	mean	present						of escape	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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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