Exam question 4 · Strangers and tricky people

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning travelling with another person.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established guidance · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, travel · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 guidance	acl
11	travelling	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 concerning	xcomp
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 person	case
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	14 person	det
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 travelling	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with established guidance; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	established guidance not said here			tree rules
5	travel	gerund	established guidance not said here		with another person	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

A child may go with any adult in uniform

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 adult	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 adult	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 uniform	case
9	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	may	a child			uniform		with any adult	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with adult=Beneficiary

Option 2

A child may go if the adult offers a reward and promises to bring him back within the hour

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 offers	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 adult	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offers	nsubj
8	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 go	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 reward	det
10	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offers	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 promises	cc
12	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 offers	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 bring	mark
14	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 promises	xcomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 bring	obj
16	back	back	ADV	_	14 bring	advmod
17	within	within	ADP	_	19 hour	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hour	det
19	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	go	may	a child				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	offer a condition, not said to happen	present	the adult	a reward			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent reward=Theme
3	promise speech: promise	present	the adult not said here				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	bring back not said to happen	to-infinitive	the adult not said here		adult	hour	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A child should always check first with a parent or carer before going anywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 check	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 check	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 check	advmod
5	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 check	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 parent	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 check	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 carer	cc
11	carer	carer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parent	conj
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 going	mark
13	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 check	advcl
14	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	should	a child					with a parent or carer; always, first property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	go	gerund	a child not said here					anywhere property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A child may go with any adult who knows his name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 adult	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 adult	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 knows	nsubj
9	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 adult	acl:relcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 name	nmod:poss
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	may	a child		with any adult	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with adult=Beneficiary
2	know	present	any adult	child's name		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
3	name		child			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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