Exam question 3 · Weather emergencies

It being given that a strong or prolonged earthquake is felt near the coast, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: give, prolong, feel, select, establish · To what, where: It, strong earthquake, coast, course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 48 «Weather emergencies» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 felt	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 earthquake	det
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 earthquake	amod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 prolonged	cc
8	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 strong	conj
9	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 felt	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 felt	aux:pass
11	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
12	near	near	ADP	_	14 coast	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 coast	det
14	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 felt	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 select	punct
16	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 course	det
18	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 select	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 action	case
20	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 course	nmod
21	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 action	amod
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 guidance	case
23	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 guidance	amod
24	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 consistent	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	prolong	participle			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	feel	present · passive	a strong earthquake	the coast	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme near coast=Location
4	select	infinitive	the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
5	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

To go down to the beach in order to observe the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 go	mark
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 beach	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beach	det
6	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
7	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 observe	mark
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 in	fixed
9	to	to	PART	_	10 observe	mark
10	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 go	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go down	to-infinitive						to the beach; down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	observe	to-infinitive		the sea					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sea=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To proceed to high ground in case of a tsunami

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 proceed	mark
2	proceed	proceed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 ground	case
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ground	amod
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proceed	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 case	case
7	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proceed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 tsunami	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tsunami	det
10	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 case	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	to-infinitive				case of a tsunami		to high ground	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

To remain upon the shore until the water recedes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 shore	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shore	det
5	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 recedes	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recedes	nsubj
9	recedes	recede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 remain	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive				the shore			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon shore=Location
2	recede	present	the water						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To swim out beyond the breaking waves to safety

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	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	7 waves	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 waves	det
6	breaking	breaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waves	compound
7	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swim	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 safety	case
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim out	to-infinitive				safety		beyond the breaking waves	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to safety=Destination

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