Exam question 3 · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

In respect of a wasp which approaches a child, select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wasp, you · What happens: approach, select, establish, respect · To what, where: child, response, respect, wasp

This is exam question 3 of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 select	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 wasp	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wasp	det
5	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 approaches	nsubj
7	approaches	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wasp	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 approaches	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
11	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 response	det
13	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 select	obj
14	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 response	amod
15	with	with	ADP	_	18 facts	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 facts	det
17	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 facts	amod
18	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 consistent	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	approach	present	a wasp	a child		vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	respect of a wasp	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	respect			a wasp		nom respect «cognition 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

The child swats at the wasp vigorously, as this drives the insect away most quickly

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swats	nsubj
3	swats	swat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 wasp	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wasp	det
6	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swats	obl
7	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	_	3 swats	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 drives	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 drives	mark
10	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 drives	nsubj
11	drives	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swats	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 insect	det
13	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drives	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	11 drives	advmod
15	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	16 quickly	advmod
16	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	11 drives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swat	present	the child					at the wasp; vigorously property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at wasp=Patient
2	drive away	present	this	the insect				away, quickly property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The child remains calm and moves slowly away, as swatting renders a sting more likely

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remains	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 moves	cc
6	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 remains	conj
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	6 moves	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 renders	punct
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 renders	case
11	swatting	swat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 renders	amod
12	renders	render	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 moves	obl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sting	det
14	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 moves	obl:unmarked
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 likely	advmod
16	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 moves	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the child		calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move	present	the child not said here	a sting	as swatting renders; away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	swat	gerund				vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The child stands entirely still for one hour until the wasp has departed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stands	nsubj
3	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 stands	advmod
5	still	still	ADV	_	3 stands	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 hour	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hour	nummod
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stands	obl
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 departed	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wasp	det
11	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 departed	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 departed	aux
13	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stands	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	the child				still; hour	entirely property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	depart	present · perfect · passive		the wasp					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location

Option 4

The child runs away screaming, since noise is known to frighten wasps away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 runs	nsubj
3	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 runs	advmod
5	screaming	scream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 runs	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 known	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 known	mark
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 known	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 known	aux:pass
10	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 runs	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 frighten	mark
12	frighten	frighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 known	xcomp
13	wasps	wasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 frighten	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	12 frighten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	run away	present	the child		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	scream speech: express	gerund	the child not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	know	present · passive		noise		tree rules
4	frighten away	to-infinitive		wasps	away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wasp=Experiencer

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