Exam question 1 · Riding a bike or a scooter safely

Identify the correct position of a bicycle helmet upon the head of its wearer.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: correct position

This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Riding a bike or a scooter safely» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 position	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 position	amod
4	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 helmet	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 helmet	det
7	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 helmet	compound
8	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 position	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 head	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 helmet	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 wearer	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wearer	nmod:poss
14	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 head	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the correct position of a bicycle helmet upon the head of head's wearer					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent position=Theme

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

Resting loosely upon the crown, the strap unfastened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Resting	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 strap	csubj
2	loosely	loosely	ADV	_	1 Resting	advmod
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 crown	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crown	det
5	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Resting	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Resting	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 strap	det
8	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	unfastened	unfasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 strap	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	gerund				the crown		loosely property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon crown=Location
2	unfasten	participle		the strap not said here					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Level and low upon the forehead, approximately two fingers above the eyebrows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 low	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 low	cc
3	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 forehead	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forehead	det
6	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 low	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fingers	punct
8	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	10 fingers	advmod
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 fingers	nummod
10	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 low	obl
11	above	above	ADP	_	13 eyebrows	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 eyebrows	det
13	eyebrows	eyebrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fingers	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Tilted backward so that the whole forehead is exposed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tilted	tilt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	backward	backward	ADV	_	1 Tilted	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 exposed	mark
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 so	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forehead	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 forehead	amod
7	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 exposed	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 exposed	aux:pass
9	exposed	expose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tilted	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tilt	participle						backward property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	expose	present · passive		the whole forehead					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

Pushed forward until it covers the eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	forward	forward	ADV	_	1 Pushed	advmod
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 covers	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 covers	nsubj
5	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pushed	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eyes	det
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 covers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push forward	participle						forward property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	cover	present	it	the eyes					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination

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