Exam question 2 · Strangers and tricky people

It being given that a person in a car calls a child towards the vehicle, select the conduct consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person · What happens: give, call, select, establish · To what, where: It, child, conduct · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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	_	10 calls	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 calls	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 car	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 car	det
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nmod
10	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 calls	obj
13	towards	towards	ADP	_	15 vehicle	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 vehicle	det
15	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 calls	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 select	punct
17	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 conduct	det
19	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 select	obj
20	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 select	xcomp
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 guidance	case
22	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 guidance	amod
23	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 consistent	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	call	present	a person in a car	a child	towards the vehicle	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Topic towards vehicle=Recipient
3	select	infinitive		the conduct	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
4	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 · ← Mova's choice

To approach so as to hear the person clearly and give directions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 approach	mark
2	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	2 approach	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 hear	mark
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hear	mark
6	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 approach	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hear	obj
9	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	6 hear	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 give	cc
11	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 approach	conj
12	directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	approach	to-infinitive			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hear	to-infinitive	the person	clearly property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus
3	give	infinitive	directions		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To remain more than an arm's length away and not approach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 remain	obj
4	than	than	ADP	_	8 length	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 arm	det
6	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 length	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 arm	case
8	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 more	obl
9	away	away	ADV	_	2 remain	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 approach	cc
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 approach	advmod
12	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 remain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive		more				away property	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme more=Attribute
2	not approach	infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To get in if the person seems kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 get	mark
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	2 get	obl
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 seems	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seems	nsubj
7	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 get	advcl
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seems	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in	to-infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	seem a condition, not said to happen	present	the person					kind property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To lean into the car window to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lean	mark
2	lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 window	det
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 window	compound
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lean	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 help	mark
8	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lean	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean	to-infinitive				the car window			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	help	to-infinitive							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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