Exam question 4 · Buses, trains and being seen

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance at a train platform.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 platform	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 platform	det
12	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 platform	compound
13	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guidance	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with established guidance at a train platform; consistent property	tree rules
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

Persons should board before others alight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 alight	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 board	aux
3	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Persons	conj
4	before	before	ADP	_	5 others	case
5	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Persons	nmod
6	alight	alight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 2

Persons should run towards the train as it arrives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 run	aux
3	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	towards	towards	ADP	_	6 train	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 train	det
6	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obl
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 arrives	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 arrives	nsubj
9	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	should	Persons			the train			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards train=Destination
2	arrive	present	train						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Persons should stand behind the yellow or white safety line

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stand	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stand	aux
3	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	10 line	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 line	det
6	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 line	amod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 white	cc
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 yellow	conj
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 line	compound
10	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	should	Persons			the yellow safety line			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind line=Location

Option 4

Persons should stand at the very edge of the platform

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stand	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stand	aux
3	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 edge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 edge	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 edge	advmod
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stand	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 platform	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 platform	det
10	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 edge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	should	Persons			the edge of the platform			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=Location

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