Exam question 2 · Facing fears

During a thunderstorm, identify the conduct consistent with the established facts concerning safety.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: identify, establish, concern · To what, where: conduct, safety

This is exam question 2 of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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	During	during	ADP	_	3 thunderstorm	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 thunderstorm	det
3	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identify	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 thunderstorm	punct
5	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conduct	det
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identify	obj
8	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 identify	xcomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 facts	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 facts	det
11	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 facts	amod
12	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 consistent	obl
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 facts	acl
14	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the conduct	during a thunderstorm	consistent property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	safety			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus safety=Experiencer

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

Standing beneath a tall tree in an open field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 tree	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tree	det
4	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tree	amod
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Standing	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 field	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 field	det
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 field	amod
9	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund				a open field		beneath a tall tree	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath tree=Location

Option 2

Holding a long metal pole aloft in an open place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 aloft	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pole	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pole	amod
4	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pole	compound
5	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Holding	obj
6	aloft	aloft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 place	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 place	det
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 place	amod
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 aloft	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund		a long metal pole					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Theme

Option 3

Swimming in an outdoor pool until it has passed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 pool	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pool	det
4	outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pool	amod
5	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swimming	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 passed	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 passed	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 passed	aux
9	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Swimming	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	gerund				a outdoor pool			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Trajectory
2	pass	present · perfect · passive		pool					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory

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

Remaining indoors at a distance from windows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	1 Remaining	advmod
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 distance	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 distance	det
5	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remaining	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 windows	case
7	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Remaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund				windows		at a distance; indoors property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at distance=Location

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