Exam question 3 · Home alone, the door and the phone

It being given that a person attempts to break into the dwelling, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: person · What happens: give, attempt, break, select, establish · To what, where: It, dwelling, course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Home alone, the door and the phone» 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	_	7 attempts	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attempts	nsubj
7	attempts	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 break	mark
9	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 attempts	xcomp
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 dwelling	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dwelling	det
12	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 break	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct
14	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 break	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 action	case
18	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 action	amod
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 guidance	case
21	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 guidance	amod
22	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 consistent	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	attempt	present	a person			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	break not said to happen	to-infinitive	a person not said here		into the dwelling result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dwelling=Result
4	select	infinitive	a person not said here	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

To open the door and demand that the person leave

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	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 demand	cc
6	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 door	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 leave	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leave	nsubj
10	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 open	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	to-infinitive		the door and demand					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	leave	infinitive	the person						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To post a message online about the matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 post	mark
2	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 message	det
4	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 post	obj
5	online	online	ADV	_	2 post	advmod
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 matter	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 matter	det
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 post	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	to-infinitive		a message				about the matter; online property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme

Option 3

To hide and remain silent without telling anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hide	mark
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 remain	cc
4	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 hide	conj
5	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 remain	xcomp
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 telling	mark
7	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 remain	advcl
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	to whom	other	roles by
1	hide	to-infinitive			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	remain	infinitive		silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	gerund	anyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To call the emergency number at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 call	mark
2	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 number	det
4	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 number	compound
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 call	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	to-infinitive		the emergency number					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent number=Theme at once=Stimulus

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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