Exam question 4 · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

Whereas a black bear is observed in the course of a family excursion on foot, determine the conduct most appropriate for a child.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: observe, determine · To what, where: black bear, course, conduct

This is exam question 4 of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	6 observed	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bear	det
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bear	amod
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observed	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 observed	aux:pass
6	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 determine	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 course	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 course	det
9	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 excursion	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 excursion	det
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 excursion	compound
13	excursion	excursion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 course	nmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 foot	case
15	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 excursion	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 observed	punct
17	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 conduct	det
19	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 determine	obj
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	21 appropriate	advmod
21	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 conduct	amod
22	for	for	ADP	_	24 child	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 child	det
24	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 appropriate	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	present · passive		a black bear		the course of a family excursion on foot			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the conduct					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic

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

Ascend the nearest small tree without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascend	ascend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
3	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 tree	amod
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tree	amod
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascend	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 delay	case
7	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascend	imperative	you not said here	the nearest small tree				without delay	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Trajectory

Option 2

Run away from the animal as swiftly as possible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 animal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 swiftly	advmod
7	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 possible	mark
9	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 swiftly	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	imperative	you not said here					from the animal; away, swiftly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from animal=Trajectory

Option 3

Approach the animal so as to obtain a photograph

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Approach	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 obtain	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 obtain	mark
6	to	to	PART	_	7 obtain	mark
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Approach	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 photograph	det
9	photograph	photograph	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	imperative	you not said here	the animal					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
2	obtain	to-infinitive	you not said here	a photograph					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset photograph=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Remain with the adults, speak calmly and withdraw slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 adults	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 adults	det
4	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Remain	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 speak	punct
6	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Remain	conj
7	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	6 speak	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 withdraw	cc
9	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Remain	conj
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	9 withdraw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	remain	imperative	you not said here	with the adults	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	speak speech: other	infinitive	you not said here	calmly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	withdraw	present	you not said here	slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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