Exam question 1 · Climbing trees and playgrounds

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle of three points of contact?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, point · To what, where: principle, contact

This is exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Climbing trees and playgrounds» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 principle	det
10	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 points	case
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 points	nummod
13	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 principle	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 contact	case
15	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 points	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the principle of three points of contact	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	point		contact		nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Three limbs are moved together whilst one remains still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 limbs	nummod
2	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 moved	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moved	aux:pass
4	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	together	together	ADV	_	4 moved	advmod
6	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	8 remains	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 remains	nummod
8	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 moved	obl
9	still	still	ADV	_	8 remains	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move together	present · passive		Three limbs				whilst one remains; together property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Three persons must be present whenever a tree is climbed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 persons	nummod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 present	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 present	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 present	cop
5	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 climbed	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 climbed	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 climbed	aux:pass
10	climbed	climb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 present	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	Three persons					present property	tree rules
2	climb	present · passive		a tree				whenever property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The climber must rest upon three branches simultaneously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 climber	det
2	climber	climber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rest	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 rest	aux
4	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 branches	case
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 branches	nummod
7	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rest	obl
8	simultaneously	simultaneously	ADV	_	4 rest	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	must	the climber			three branches		simultaneously property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon branch=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Two hands and one foot, or two feet and one hand, remain upon the object being climbed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hands	nummod
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 remain	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 foot	cc
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 foot	nummod
5	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hands	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 feet	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 feet	cc
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 feet	nummod
9	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hands	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hand	cc
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 hand	nummod
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feet	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 hands	punct
14	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 object	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 object	det
17	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 remain	obl
18	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 climbed	aux:pass
19	climbed	climb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	Two hands and one foot or two feet and one hand					upon the object	tree rules
2	climb	gerund · passive	Two hands and one foot or two feet and one hand not said here						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»

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