Exam question 3 · Weather, lightning and storms

It is given that a person in open country hears thunder. Select the response consistent with official safety advice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: person, you · What happens: give, hear, select · To what, where: It, thunder, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Weather, lightning and storms» of the myths 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a person in open country hears thunder.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 hears	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hears	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 country	case
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 country	amod
9	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nmod
10	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
11	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hears	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	hear	present	a person in open country	thunder					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thunder=Stimulus

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with official safety advice.

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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 advice	case
6	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 advice	amod
7	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 advice	compound
8	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The person is to seek shelter within a building or a metal-roofed vehicle

The tree, 14 words

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 seek	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 seek	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 seek	mark
5	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seek	obj
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 building	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 building	det
9	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seek	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 vehicle	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 vehicle	det
12	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 roofed	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 metal	punct
14	roofed	roof	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 vehicle	amod
15	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 building	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the person					within a building or a roofed vehicle; seek property	tree rules
2	roof	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The person is to shelter beneath the tallest available tree until it passes

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 shelter	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shelter	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 shelter	mark
5	shelter	shelter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
8	tallest	tall	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 tree	amod
9	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tree	amod
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shelter	obl
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 passes	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 passes	nsubj
13	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shelter	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the person					beneath the tallest available tree; shelter property	tree rules
2	pass	present	person						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The person is to lie flat upon the ground

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 lie	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lie	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 lie	mark
5	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	flat	flat	ADV	_	5 lie	advmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the person					upon the ground; flat, lie property	tree rules

Option 4

The person is to raise a metal object above the head

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 raise	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 raise	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 raise	mark
5	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 object	det
7	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 object	compound
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raise	obj
9	above	above	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 head	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 object	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the person					raise property	tree rules

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