Exam question 2 · Swimming and cycling

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the external appearance of a person who is drowning.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, person · What happens: select, establish, concern, drown · To what, where: response, external appearance

This is exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Swimming and cycling» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 appearance	det
11	external	external	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 appearance	amod
12	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 person	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 person	det
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 appearance	nmod
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 drowning	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 drowning	aux
18	drowning	drown	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 person	acl:relcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=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	the external appearance of a person		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus appearance=Experiencer
4	drown	present · progressive	a person			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: 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

The person always calls for assistance by name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 calls	advmod
4	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 assistance	case
6	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 name	case
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	the person					for assistance; by name; always property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for assistance=Recipient

Option 2

The person invariably screams and splashes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 screams	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 screams	advmod
4	screams	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 splashes	cc
6	splashes	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 screams	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	present	the person					invariably property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	splash	present	the person not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The person is frequently silent and unable to wave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 silent	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 silent	cop
4	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	5 silent	advmod
5	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 unable	cc
7	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 silent	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 wave	mark
9	wave	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 unable	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the person	frequently, silent property	tree rules
2	be		the person not said here		tree rules
3	wave	to-infinitive	the person not said here		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The person swims vigorously towards the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swims	nsubj
3	swims	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	_	3 swims	advmod
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 bank	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bank	det
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swims	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present	the person			the bank		vigorously property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards bank=Destination

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