Exam question 4 · Allergies, horses and farm animals

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance when passing a horse and rider.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, pass · To what, where: response, horse

This is exam question 4 of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm animals» 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	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 passing	advmod
11	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 guidance	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 horse	det
13	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 passing	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 rider	cc
15	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 horse	conj
16	.	.	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	pass	gerund		a horse and rider		vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme horse=Trajectory

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 · ✓ the right answer

To slow down, give ample room and greet the rider

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 slow	mark
2	slow	slow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 slow	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 slow	conj
6	ample	ample	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 room	amod
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 greet	cc
9	greet	greet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 slow	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rider	det
11	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 greet	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	slow down	to-infinitive		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	give	infinitive	ample room	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme
3	greet speech: greet	infinitive	the rider	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rider=Theme

Option 2

To shout to make the horse move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shout	mark
2	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 make	mark
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shout	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 move	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 move	compound
7	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	to-infinitive							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	to-infinitive		the horse move					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset move=Product

Option 3

To run past as fast as possible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 run	mark
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	past	past	ADV	_	2 run	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 fast	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 run	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 possible	mark
7	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run past	to-infinitive						fast, past property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To approach from behind silently

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	from	from	ADP	_	4 behind	case
4	behind	behind	ADV	_	2 approach	obl
5	silently	silently	ADV	_	2 approach	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	to-infinitive						silently property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from behind=Initial_Location

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