Exam question 2 · Calling emergency services well

It being given that an emergency number has been dialled in error, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: give, diall, select, establish · To what, where: It, emergency number, error, course

This is exam question 2 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	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	_	10 dialled	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 number	det
6	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 number	compound
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dialled	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dialled	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 dialled	aux:pass
10	dialled	diall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 error	case
12	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dialled	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct
14	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	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	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	diall	present · perfect · passive	a emergency number	error	tree rules
3	select	infinitive	the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
4	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 switch off the phone entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 switch	mark
2	switch	switch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 switch	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 phone	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 switch	obj
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 switch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	to-infinitive		the phone				entirely property	vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To remain on the line and state that the call was a mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 line	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 line	det
5	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 state	cc
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 line	conj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 mistake	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 call	det
10	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mistake	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 mistake	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mistake	det
13	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive				the line and state			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on line=Location
2	is a	past	the call	a mistake					tree rules

Option 3

To hang up immediately without speaking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hang	mark
2	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 hang	compound:prt
4	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 hang	advmod
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 speaking	mark
6	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hang	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang up	to-infinitive						immediately property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	speak speech: other	gerund							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To call again repeatedly to cancel it

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	again	again	ADV	_	2 call	advmod
4	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	2 call	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cancel	mark
6	cancel	cancel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 call	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cancel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	to-infinitive					again	repeatedly property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cancel	to-infinitive		it					tree rules

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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