Exam question 1 · When the police come

It is given that a person lies motionless following an altercation in a public street. Identify the action most consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: person, you · What happens: give, lie, follow, identify, establish · To what, where: It, altercation, public street, action

This is exam question 1 of lesson 384 «When the police come» 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 a person lies motionless following an altercation in 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	_	7 lies	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lies	nsubj
7	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lies	xcomp
9	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 lies	acl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 altercation	det
11	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 following	obj
12	in	in	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	11 altercation	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	lie	present	a person			motionless property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	follow	gerund		a altercation	a public street		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent altercation=Theme in 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: Identify the action most consistent with established guidance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 action	det
3	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 action	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 guidance	case
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 guidance	amod
8	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1

The recording of the incident upon a mobile device for later submission to the police

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 recording	det
2	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 incident	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 incident	det
5	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recording	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 device	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 device	det
8	mobile	mobile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 device	amod
9	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incident	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 submission	case
11	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 submission	amod
12	submission	submission	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 device	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 police	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 police	det
15	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 recording	nmod

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

Option 2

The departure of the observer without informing any person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 departure	det
2	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 observer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 observer	det
5	observer	observer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 departure	nmod
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 informing	mark
7	informing	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 departure	acl
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 informing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	gerund	the departure of the observer not said here		any person				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient
2	depart		the observer						nom departure «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The physical intervention of the observer between the parties concerned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 intervention	det
2	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 intervention	amod
3	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerned	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 observer	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 observer	det
6	observer	observer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 intervention	nmod
7	between	between	ADP	_	9 parties	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parties	det
9	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 observer	nmod
10	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intervene		the observer between the parties						nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

The summoning of emergency services by telephone while remaining at a safe distance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 summoning	det
2	summoning	summoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 services	case
4	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 services	compound
5	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 summoning	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 telephone	case
7	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoning	nmod
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 remaining	mark
9	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 summoning	acl
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 distance	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 distance	det
12	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 distance	amod
13	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund	the summoning of emergency services by telephone not said here					at a safe distance	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at distance=Location
2	summon		telephone	emergency services					nom summoning «cognition transitive»: of=patient by=agent

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