Exam question 1 · Lost outdoors

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the manner in which searchers conduct a search?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: searchers · What happens: follow, characteris, conduct · To what, where: manner, search

This is exam question 1 of lesson 49 «Lost outdoors» 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 manner	det
10	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 conduct	obl
13	searchers	searcher	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 conduct	nsubj
14	conduct	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 manner	acl:relcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 search	det
16	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conduct	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the manner		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	conduct	present	searchers	a search	the manner		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent search=Theme in which=Destination

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

They commence at the furthest point of the area and search inward towards the centre

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 commence	nsubj
2	commence	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 point	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 point	det
5	furthest	furth	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 point	amod
6	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commence	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 area	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 area	det
9	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 point	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 search	cc
11	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 commence	conj
12	inward	inward	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 search	advmod
13	towards	towards	ADP	_	15 centre	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 centre	det
15	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	commence	present	They		the furthest point of the area		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	search	infinitive	They not said here			towards the centre; inward property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3	point			the area			nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

They search only along the roads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 search	nsubj
2	search	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 roads	advmod
4	along	along	ADP	_	6 roads	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roads	det
6	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 search	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	present	They	the roads					vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent road=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They search at random throughout the area

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 search	nsubj
2	search	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 random	case
4	random	random	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 search	obl
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	7 area	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 area	det
7	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	present	They			random	throughout the area		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at random=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They commence at the place where the person was last seen and search outward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 commence	nsubj
2	commence	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 place	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 place	det
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commence	obl
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 seen	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seen	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 seen	aux:pass
10	last	last	ADV	_	11 seen	advmod
11	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 commence	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 search	cc
13	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 seen	conj
14	outward	outward	ADV	_	13 search	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	commence	present	They		the place		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	see	past · passive		the person		last property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
3	search	infinitive				outward property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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