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Exam question 2 · Walking away

It is given that two pupils are pursued by older youths along a public street. Select the course of action most consistent with their safety.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: older youths, you · What happens: give, pursue, select · To what, where: It, two pupils, public street, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that two pupils are pursued by older youths along a public street.

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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 pursued	mark
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 pupils	nummod
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pursued	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pursued	aux:pass
8	pursued	pursue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 youths	case
10	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 youths	amod
11	youths	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pursued	obl
12	along	along	ADP	_	15 street	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 street	det
14	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 street	amod
15	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pursued	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	pursue	present · passive	older youths	two pupils		a public street			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme along street=Trajectory

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.

Sentence 2: Select the course of action most consistent with their safety.

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 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 safety	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 safety	nmod:poss
10	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the course of action					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Proceeding calmly to an occupied shop and informing the adult present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proceeding	proceed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Proceeding	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 shop	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shop	det
5	occupied	occupied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shop	amod
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Proceeding	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 informing	cc
8	informing	inform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Proceeding	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 present	det
10	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 present	amod
11	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 informing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	gerund						to a occupied shop; calmly property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	inform speech: other	gerund		the adult present					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent present=Recipient

Option 2

Proceeding into an unlit and unoccupied passage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proceeding	proceed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	7 passage	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 passage	det
4	unlit	unlit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 passage	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 unoccupied	cc
6	unoccupied	unoccupied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 unlit	conj
7	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Proceeding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	gerund				a unlit passage			vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Separating so as to divide the pursuers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Separating	separate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	1 Separating	advmod
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 divide	mark
4	to	to	PART	_	5 divide	mark
5	divide	divide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Separating	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pursuers	det
7	pursuers	pursuer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 divide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	separate	gerund							vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	divide	to-infinitive		the pursuers					vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pursuer=Theme

Option 4

Confronting the pursuers in the street in order to ascertain their intentions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confronting	confront	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pursuers	det
3	pursuers	pursuer	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Confronting	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 street	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 street	det
6	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Confronting	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Confronting	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 ascertain	mark
10	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Confronting	advcl
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 intentions	nmod:poss
12	intentions	intention	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ascertain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confront	gerund		the pursuers		the street		in order	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pursuer=Theme
2	ascertain	to-infinitive		pursuers's intentions					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Topic
3	intend		pursuers = pursuer						nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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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