Exam question 4 · Moving, swimming and sport

Ascertain the correct procedure in respect of a person observed to be sleepwalking.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, observe, sleepwalk, respect · To what, where: correct procedure, respect, person

This is exam question 4 of lesson 5 «Moving, swimming and sport» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 procedure	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 procedure	amod
4	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respect	nmod
10	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 person	acl
11	to	to	PART	_	13 sleepwalking	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 sleepwalking	aux
13	sleepwalking	sleepwalk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 observed	advcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the correct procedure	respect of a person	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic
2	observe	participle		a person not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	sleepwalk	to-infinitive · progressive				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	respect			a person		nom respect «cognition 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

The person is to be woken abruptly by loud noise

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	6 woken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 woken	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 woken	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 woken	aux:pass
6	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	abruptly	abruptly	ADV	_	6 woken	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 noise	case
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 noise	amod
10	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 woken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	present · passive	loud noise	the person				abruptly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The person is to be guided gently back to bed

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	6 guided	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 guided	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 guided	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 guided	aux:pass
6	guided	guide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	gently	gently	ADV	_	6 guided	advmod
8	back	back	ADV	_	6 guided	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 bed	case
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 guided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guide back	present · passive		the person		bed		gently property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to bed=Destination

Option 3

The person is to be left alone, waking being fatal

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	6 left	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 left	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 left	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 left	aux:pass
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 left	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 waking	punct
9	waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 left	advcl
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 fatal	cop
11	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 waking	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive	the person	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	wake	gerund			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	is	gerund		fatal property	tree rules

Option 4

The person is to be restrained forcibly

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	6 restrained	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 restrained	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 restrained	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 restrained	aux:pass
6	restrained	restrain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	forcibly	forcibly	ADV	_	6 restrained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrain	present · passive		the person				forcibly property	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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