Exam question 4 · Screens, eyes and sleep

Whereas a child is observed sleepwalking, ascertain the conduct customarily advised.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: observe, ascertain, advise · To what, where: sleepwalking, conduct

This is exam question 4 of lesson 35 «Screens, eyes and sleep» of the medicine 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	_	3 child	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observed	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 observed	aux:pass
5	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	sleepwalking	sleepwalking	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ascertain	punct
8	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 observed	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ascertain	obj
11	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	12 advised	advmod
12	advised	advise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ascertain	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 observed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	observe	present · passive	sleepwalking	whereas a child	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: sleepwalking=Topic
2	ascertain	infinitive	the conduct		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
3	advise speech: other	participle		customarily property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

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

Gentle guidance of the child back to bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 guidance	amod
2	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guidance	nmod
6	back	back	ADV	_	2 guidance	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 bed	case
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 back	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guide			the child					nom guidance «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Application of cold water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 water	case
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Application	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply		cold water						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Confinement in a locked room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 room	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 room	det
4	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 room	amod
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Confinement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Abrupt awakening by shouting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abrupt	abrupt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	awakening	awaken	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Abrupt	advcl
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	4 shouting	mark
4	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 awakening	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	awaken	gerund							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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