Exam question 1 · Going where you're not allowed

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning repeated cycling without a helmet in the absence of injury.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, repeat, absent · To what, where: response, repeated cycling, injury

This is exam question 1 of lesson 349 «Going where you're not allowed» 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 cycling	amod
13	cycling	cycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	without	without	ADP	_	16 helmet	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 helmet	det
16	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 absence	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 absence	det
19	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 helmet	nmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 injury	case
21	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 absence	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	repeated cycling	without a helmet in the absence of injury	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cycling=Experiencer
5	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
6	absent			injury		nom absence «state transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1

Previous uneventful journeys demonstrate that a helmet is unnecessary for a competent rider

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 journeys	amod
2	uneventful	uneventful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 journeys	amod
3	journeys	journey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 demonstrate	nsubj
4	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 unnecessary	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 helmet	det
7	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unnecessary	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 unnecessary	cop
9	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 demonstrate	ccomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 rider	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 rider	det
12	competent	competent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rider	amod
13	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unnecessary	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	Previous uneventful journeys						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a helmet					for a competent rider; unnecessary property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Helmets are required solely upon long journeys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helmets	helmet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 required	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 journeys	case
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 journeys	amod
7	journeys	journey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Helmets				upon long journeys; solely property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 3

The risk of injury diminishes with each uneventful journey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 risk	det
2	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 diminishes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 injury	case
4	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 risk	nmod
5	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 journey	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 journey	det
8	uneventful	uneventful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 journey	amod
9	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 diminishes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	diminish	present	the risk of injury					with each uneventful journey	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	risk			injury					nom risk «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Previous uneventful journeys afford no protection on any subsequent journey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 journeys	amod
2	uneventful	uneventful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 journeys	amod
3	journeys	journey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 afford	nsubj
4	afford	afford	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 protection	det
6	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 afford	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 journey	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 journey	det
9	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 journey	amod
10	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 afford	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	afford	infinitive	Previous uneventful journeys	no protection		any subsequent journey			tree rules

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