Exam question 1 · Lily, the calm «princess»

Identify the conduct most appropriate for a pupil present at the commencement of a physical altercation in a classroom.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: conduct

This is exam question 1 of lesson 386 «Lily, the calm «princess»» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 appropriate	advmod
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conduct	amod
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 present	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 present	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 present	compound
9	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appropriate	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 commencement	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 commencement	det
12	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 present	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 altercation	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 altercation	det
15	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 altercation	amod
16	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 commencement	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 classroom	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 classroom	det
19	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 altercation	nmod
20	.	.	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 conduct					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme

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 recording of the altercation upon a device

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 altercation	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 altercation	det
5	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recording	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 device	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 device	det
8	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 altercation	nmod

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

Option 2

The close observation of the altercation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 observation	det
2	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 observation	amod
3	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 altercation	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 altercation	det
6	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 observation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe			the altercation					nom observation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The vocal encouragement of one participant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 encouragement	det
2	vocal	vocal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 encouragement	amod
3	encouragement	encouragement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 participant	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 participant	nummod
6	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 encouragement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encourage			one participant					nom encouragement «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The summoning of a member of staff without delay

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 member	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 member	det
5	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoning	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 staff	case
7	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 member	nmod
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 delay	case
9	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon			a member of staff				without delay	nom summoning «cognition transitive»: of=patient without=obl

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