Exam question 2 · Going where you're not allowed

Identify the principal purpose of the red and yellow flags displayed upon a patrolled beach.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal purpose, red flags · What happens: identify, display, patrol, purpose

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 displayed	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 flags	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flags	det
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 flags	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 yellow	cc
9	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 red	conj
10	flags	flag	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 purpose	nmod
11	displayed	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 beach	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 beach	det
14	patrolled	patrol	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 beach	amod
15	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 displayed	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	display	past	the principal purpose of the red flags	upon a patrolled beach	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	patrol	participle			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
4	purpose		the red flags		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

They serve purely ornamental purposes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 serve	nsubj
2	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	purely	purely	ADV	_	4 ornamental	advmod
4	ornamental	ornamental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 purposes	amod
5	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 serve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	They	ornamental purposes					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Attribute

Option 2

They indicate the presence of dangerous marine animals, such as sharks and jellyfish, nearby

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 presence	det
4	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 animals	case
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 animals	amod
7	marine	marine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 animals	amod
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 presence	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sharks	punct
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 sharks	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 animals	appos
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 jellyfish	cc
14	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sharks	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 nearby	punct
16	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	2 indicate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They	the presence of dangerous marine animals				nearby property	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot presence=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They indicate the area supervised by lifeguards and judged safest for bathing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 area	det
4	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obj
5	supervised	supervise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 area	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 lifeguards	case
7	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 supervised	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 judged	cc
9	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 indicate	conj
10	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 judged	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 bathing	case
12	bathing	bathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 judged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They	the area		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot area=Topic
2	supervise	participle		the area not said here	by lifeguards	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent by lifeguard=Eventuality
3	judge	past	They not said here	safest	for bathing	vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent safe=Theme for bathing=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They indicate the deepest water available for swimming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
4	deepest	deep	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obj
6	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 swimming	case
8	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 available	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They	the deepest water					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot water=Topic

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