Exam question 4 · The beach and the sea

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where another person is in difficulty at sea.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 44 «The beach and the sea» 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	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 difficulty	advmod
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 difficulty	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 difficulty	cop
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 difficulty	case
15	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guidance	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 sea	case
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 difficulty	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	is	present	another person		difficulty	at sea	tree rules

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

To throw sand towards the person to show the way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 throw	mark
2	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throw	obj
4	towards	towards	ADP	_	6 person	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throw	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 throw	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	to-infinitive		sand				towards the person	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent sand=Theme towards person=Destination
2	show	to-infinitive		the way					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient

Option 2

To swim out at once to pull the person to shore, whatever the state of the sea

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 swim	mark
2	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 swim	compound:prt
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 swim	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pull	mark
7	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 swim	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pull	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 shore	mark
11	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pull	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 state	punct
13	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 state	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 state	det
15	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shore	appos
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 sea	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sea	det
18	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 state	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim out	to-infinitive							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory
2	pull	to-infinitive		the person					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent person=Theme shore=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To summon a lifeguard or the emergency number, rather than to swim out oneself

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 summon	mark
2	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 swim	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lifeguard	det
4	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summon	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 number	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 number	det
7	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 number	compound
8	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lifeguard	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 swim	punct
10	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	13 swim	cc
11	than	than	ADP	_	10 rather	fixed
12	to	to	PART	_	13 swim	mark
13	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 swim	compound:prt
15	oneself	oneself	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 swim	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	to-infinitive		a lifeguard or the emergency number					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lifeguard=Recipient
2	swim out	to-infinitive		oneself					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme oneself=Trajectory

Option 4

To wait upon the beach in silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wait	mark
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 beach	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beach	det
5	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 silence	case
7	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive				silence		upon the beach	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon beach=Location

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