Exam question 3 · Bystanders: the crowd, the phone and the ones who help

Whereas two pupils are exchanging blows, select the response of a child bystander most consistent with established guidance concerning safety.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: two pupils · What happens: exchange, select, establish · To what, where: blows, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 393 «Bystanders: the crowd, the phone and the ones who help» 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	Whereas	whereas	ADV	_	5 exchanging	advmod
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 pupils	nummod
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exchanging	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 exchanging	aux
5	exchanging	exchange	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	blows	blow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exchanging	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 select	punct
8	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 exchanging	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 response	det
10	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 select	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 bystander	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bystander	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bystander	compound
14	bystander	bystander	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 response	nmod
15	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	16 consistent	advmod
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bystander	amod
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 guidance	case
18	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 guidance	amod
19	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consistent	obl
20	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 safety	amod
21	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 guidance	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 exchanging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	exchange	present · progressive	two pupils	blows	whereas property	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme
2	select	infinitive		the response of a child bystander		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
3	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The prompt summoning of a responsible adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 summoning	det
2	prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 summoning	amod
3	summoning	summoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 adult	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 adult	det
6	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 adult	amod
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 summoning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon			a responsible adult					nom summoning «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Physical intervention between the combatants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 intervention	amod
2	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	between	between	ADP	_	5 combatants	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 combatants	det
5	combatants	combatant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 intervention	nmod

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

Option 3

Encouragement of the more deserving party to the dispute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Encouragement	encouragement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 deserving	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 more	det
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 deserving	advmod
5	deserving	deserve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Encouragement	acl
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deserving	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 dispute	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dispute	det
9	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deserving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deserve	gerund	Encouragement not said here	party				to the dispute	tree rules

Option 4

The capture of video evidence at close range

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 capture	det
2	capture	capture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 evidence	case
4	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 evidence	compound
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 capture	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 range	case
7	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 range	amod
8	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 evidence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture			video evidence at close range					nom capture «act transitive»: of=patient

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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