Exam question 3 · Lost outdoors

It being given that a lost child must sit upon cold ground, select the measure consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lost child · What happens: give, lose, sit, select, establish · To what, where: It, cold ground, measure

This is exam question 3 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	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	_	9 sit	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sit	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 sit	aux
9	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	advcl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 ground	case
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ground	amod
12	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sit	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct
14	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 sit	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 measure	det
16	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 select	xcomp
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 guidance	case
19	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 guidance	amod
20	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 consistent	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	lose	participle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sit	must	a lost child		cold ground		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon ground=Location
4	select	infinitive	a lost child not said here	the measure		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=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 lie directly upon the wet earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lie	mark
2	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	directly	directly	ADV	_	2 lie	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 earth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 earth	det
6	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 earth	amod
7	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	to-infinitive				the wet earth		directly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon earth=Location

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

To sit upon branches or a bag so as to remain warmer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sit	mark
2	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 branches	case
4	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sit	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 bag	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bag	det
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 branches	conj
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 remain	advmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 remain	mark
10	to	to	PART	_	11 remain	mark
11	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sit	advcl
12	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	to-infinitive				branches or a bag			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon branch=Location
2	remain	to-infinitive						warm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To dig a hole and sit within it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 dig	mark
2	dig	dig	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hole	det
4	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dig	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sit	cc
6	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 dig	conj
7	within	within	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	to-infinitive		a hole					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme
2	sit	infinitive						within hole	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To remove the coat so as to sit upon it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remove	mark
2	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 sit	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 coat	det
4	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 sit	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 sit	mark
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sit	mark
8	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	to-infinitive		the coat					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme
2	sit	to-infinitive				coat			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon it=Location

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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