Exam question 2 · A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left…

Identify the most appropriate conduct of a sibling who witnesses a convulsive seizure.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sibling · What happens: identify, witness, conduct · To what, where: appropriate conduct, convulsive seizure, sibling

This is exam question 2 of lesson 506 «A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home» 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	5 conduct	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sibling	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sibling	det
8	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 witnesses	nsubj
10	witnesses	witness	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sibling	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 seizure	det
12	convulsive	convulsive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 seizure	amod
13	seizure	seizure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 witnesses	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct of a sibling	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	witness	present	a sibling	a convulsive seizure	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seizure=Beneficiary
3	conduct			a sibling	nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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

To insert an object between the teeth of the affected person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 insert	mark
2	insert	insert	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 object	det
4	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 insert	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 teeth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teeth	det
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 object	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 person	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 person	det
10	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 person	amod
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 teeth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insert	to-infinitive		a object		the teeth of the affected person			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent object=Theme between tooth=Destination
2	affect	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

To withdraw from the scene so as to avoid public embarrassment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 withdraw	mark
2	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 avoid	advcl
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 scene	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scene	det
5	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdraw	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 avoid	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 avoid	mark
8	to	to	PART	_	9 avoid	mark
9	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 embarrassment	amod
11	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	to-infinitive				the scene			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from scene=Initial_Location
2	avoid	to-infinitive		public embarrassment					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To remove hard objects, refrain from restraint, time it and summon an adult

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remove	mark
2	remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 objects	amod
4	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remove	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 refrain	punct
6	refrain	refrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 objects	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 restraint	case
8	restraint	restraint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 time	punct
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obl:unmarked
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 time	nsubj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 summon	cc
13	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 remove	conj
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 adult	det
15	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 summon	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	remove	to-infinitive		hard objects and refrain		restraint	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent object=Theme from restraint=Source
2	time		restraint				tree rules
3	summon	infinitive			a adult		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

To restrain the limbs firmly until all movement has entirely ceased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 restrain	mark
2	restrain	restrain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 limbs	det
4	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 restrain	obj
5	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	2 restrain	advmod
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 ceased	mark
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 movement	det
8	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ceased	nsubj:pass
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 ceased	aux
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	11 ceased	advmod
11	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 restrain	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrain	to-infinitive		the limbs				firmly property	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer limb=Eventuality
2	cease	present · perfect · passive		all movement				entirely property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

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