Exam question 4 · Calling emergency services well

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where the caller does not know the address.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, caller · What happens: select, be, establish, not know · To what, where: response, address

This is exam question 4 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	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	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 know	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 caller	det
12	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 know	nsubj
13	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 know	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 know	advmod
15	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 guidance	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 address	det
17	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 know	obj
18	.	.	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 established guidance; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	not know	present · do-support	the caller	the address		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer address=Stimulus

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 end the call and search for the address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 end	mark
2	end	end	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 call	det
4	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 end	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 search	cc
6	search	search	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 end	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 address	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 address	det
9	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	to-infinitive		the call					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality call=Eventuality
2	search	infinitive						for the address	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for address=Theme

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

To describe nearby landmarks such as shops, signs or parks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 describe	mark
2	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 landmarks	amod
4	landmarks	landmark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 describe	obj
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	7 shops	case
6	as	as	ADP	_	5 such	fixed
7	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 landmarks	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 signs	punct
9	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shops	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 parks	cc
11	parks	park	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shops	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	to-infinitive		nearby landmarks				such shops and signs or parks	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent landmark=Theme

Option 3

To decline to give any location whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 decline	mark
2	decline	decline	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 give	mark
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decline	xcomp
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 location	det
6	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decline	to-infinitive							vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not give	to-infinitive		any location				whatsoever property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Theme

Option 4

To guess any address in the town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 guess	mark
2	guess	guess	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 address	det
4	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guess	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 town	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 town	det
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guess	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	to-infinitive		any address		the town			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Theme

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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