Exam question 2 · Tsunamis

Identify the conduct appropriate to a person upon a beach who observes the sudden withdrawal of the sea.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, beach · What happens: identify, observe, withdraw · To what, where: conduct, sudden withdrawal, sea

This is exam question 2 of lesson 45 «Tsunamis» of the geography 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 person	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 appropriate	obl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 beach	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 beach	det
10	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	nmod
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 observes	nsubj
12	observes	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 beach	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 withdrawal	det
14	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 withdrawal	amod
15	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 observes	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 sea	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sea	det
18	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 withdrawal	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the conduct	appropriate property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	observe	present	a beach	the sudden withdrawal of the sea		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent withdrawal=Topic
3	withdraw			the sea		nom withdrawal «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice

Advance onto the exposed sea floor in order to observe it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Advance	advance	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 floor	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
4	exposed	expose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 floor	amod
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floor	compound
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Advance	obl
7	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 observe	mark
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 in	fixed
9	to	to	PART	_	10 observe	mark
10	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Advance	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 observe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	advance	imperative	you not said here		the exposed sea floor	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme onto floor=Initial_Location
2	expose	participle				vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
3	observe	to-infinitive	you not said here	order		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

Continued presence upon the beach until the return of the tide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Continued	obl
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 beach	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beach	det
5	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presence	nmod
6	until	until	ADP	_	8 return	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 return	det
8	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Continued	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 tide	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tide	det
11	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	participle		presence upon the beach			until the return of the tide		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	return		the tide						nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Retreat to the water's edge in order to photograph the event

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retreat	retreat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	6 edge	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 water	case
6	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Retreat	obl
7	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 photograph	mark
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 in	fixed
9	to	to	PART	_	10 photograph	mark
10	photograph	photograph	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Retreat	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 event	det
12	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 photograph	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retreat	imperative	you not said here			the water's edge			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to edge=Initial_Location
2	photograph	to-infinitive	you not said here	the event					vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Immediate removal to high ground or to a location far inland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 removal	amod
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 ground	case
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ground	amod
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 location	cc
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 location	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 location	det
9	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	conj
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 inland	advmod
11	inland	inland	ADV	_	2 removal	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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