Exam question 4 · Weather emergencies

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a bushfire.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established guidance · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, bushfire

This is exam question 4 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	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	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 guidance	acl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bushfire	det
12	bushfire	bushfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	established guidance not said here	a bushfire		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bushfire=Experiencer

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

Driving towards the smoke is the safest choice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Driving	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 choice	csubj
2	towards	towards	ADP	_	4 smoke	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 smoke	det
4	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Driving	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 choice	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 choice	det
7	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 choice	amod
8	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	gerund				the smoke			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent towards smoke=Trajectory
2	is a	present	Driving	the safest choice					tree rules

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

Leaving early is the safest choice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 choice	csubj
2	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Leaving	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 choice	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 choice	det
5	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 choice	amod
6	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund						early property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	Leaving	the safest choice					tree rules

Option 3

Sheltering in a tree is the safest choice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sheltering	shelter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 choice	csubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 tree	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tree	det
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sheltering	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 choice	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 choice	det
7	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 choice	amod
8	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shelter	gerund				a tree			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location
2	is a	present	Sheltering	the safest choice					tree rules

Option 4

Remaining until the flames are visible is the safest choice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 choice	csubj
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 visible	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flames	det
4	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 visible	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 visible	cop
6	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Remaining	advcl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 choice	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 choice	det
9	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 choice	amod
10	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the flames		visible property	tree rules
3	is a	present	Remaining	the safest choice		tree rules

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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