Exam question 1 · Calling emergency services well

Which of the following constitutes the most important information to be conveyed to an emergency call taker?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, constitute, convey · To what, where: important information, call taker

This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Calling emergency services well» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 constitutes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 constitutes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 constitutes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 constitutes	nsubj
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 information	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 important	advmod
8	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 information	amod
9	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 conveyed	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 conveyed	aux:pass
12	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 information	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	17 taker	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 taker	det
15	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 call	compound
16	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 taker	compound
17	taker	taker	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conveyed	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	constitute	present	the important information		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme information=Pivot
3	convey	to-infinitive · passive	the important information not said here	a call taker	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: to taker=Recipient

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

The caller's age and favourite subject

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 caller	det
2	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 age	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 caller	case
4	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 subject	cc
6	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 subject	amod
7	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 age	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The location at which the caller is situated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 location	det
2	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 situated	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 caller	det
6	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 situated	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 situated	aux:pass
8	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 location	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	present · passive		the caller		the location			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at which=Destination

Option 3

The name of the caller's school teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 name	det
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 teacher	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 caller	det
5	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teacher	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 caller	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teacher	compound
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 name	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name			the caller's school teacher					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The colour of the caller's clothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 colour	det
2	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 clothing	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 caller	det
5	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clothing	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 caller	case
7	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 colour	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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