Exam question 4 · Swimming and cycling

Whereas a pet has fallen into a canal, determine the conduct appropriate for a child upon the bank.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pet, you · What happens: fall, determine · To what, where: canal, conduct

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 fallen	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pet	det
3	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fallen	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fallen	aux
5	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 determine	advcl
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 canal	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 canal	det
8	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fallen	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fallen	punct
10	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 conduct	det
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 determine	obj
13	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 determine	xcomp
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 child	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 child	det
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 appropriate	obl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 bank	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 bank	det
19	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 child	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present · perfect	a pet					into a canal result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into canal=Result
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the conduct				appropriate property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic

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

To summon help and to reach or throw from the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 summon	mark
2	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summon	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 reach	cc
5	to	to	PART	_	6 reach	mark
6	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 summon	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 throw	cc
8	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 reach	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 bank	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bank	det
11	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	summon	to-infinitive	help		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Recipient
2	reach	to-infinitive			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	throw	infinitive		the bank	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from bank=Initial_Location

Option 2

To wade into the canal up to the chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wade	mark
2	wade	wade	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 canal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 canal	det
5	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wade	obl
6	up	up	ADP	_	2 wade	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 chest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chest	det
9	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wade	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wade up	to-infinitive				the canal		to the chest	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into canal=Destination

Option 3

To enter the water and retrieve the animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 enter	mark
2	enter	enter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enter	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 retrieve	cc
6	retrieve	retrieve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 enter	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 retrieve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	to-infinitive		the water					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination
2	retrieve	infinitive		the animal					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Option 4

To leap into the water from a height to reach the animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 leap	mark
2	leap	leap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leap	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 height	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 height	det
8	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leap	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 reach	mark
10	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 leap	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 animal	det
12	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leap	to-infinitive				the water		from a height	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Destination
2	reach	to-infinitive		the animal					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

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