Exam question 1 · Guns, school safety and arguments about schools
Identify the principal purpose of a lockdown drill in a school.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, lockdown drill · What happens: identify, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose
This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Guns, school safety and arguments about schools» of the politics 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 purpose | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 purpose | amod |
| 4 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 drill | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 drill | det |
| 7 | lockdown | lockdown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drill | compound |
| 8 | drill | drill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 purpose | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 school | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 school | det |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drill | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal purpose of a lockdown drill in a school | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme | ||||
| 2 | purpose | a lockdown drill in a school | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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
To ascertain the proper functioning of the electric lighting and the fire alarms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 ascertain | mark |
| 2 | ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 functioning | det |
| 4 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 functioning | amod |
| 5 | functioning | functioning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ascertain | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 lighting | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lighting | det |
| 8 | electric | electric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 lighting | amod |
| 9 | lighting | lighting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 functioning | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 alarms | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 alarms | det |
| 12 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 alarms | compound |
| 13 | alarms | alarm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 functioning | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | to-infinitive | the proper functioning of the electric lighting and the fire alarms | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent functioning=Topic | |||||
| 2 | function | the electric lighting | nom functioning «process intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2
To discipline pupils for misconduct in class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 discipline | mark |
| 2 | discipline | discipline | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | pupils | pupil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 discipline | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 misconduct | case |
| 5 | misconduct | misconduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 discipline | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 class | case |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 discipline | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discipline | to-infinitive | pupils | class | for misconduct | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
To ensure that all persons know how to act should a danger ever arise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 ensure | mark |
| 2 | ensure | ensure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 arise | advcl |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 know | mark |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 persons | det |
| 5 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 know | nsubj |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ensure | ccomp |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 act | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 act | mark |
| 9 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 know | ccomp |
| 10 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 arise | aux |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 danger | det |
| 12 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 arise | nsubj |
| 13 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 14 arise | advmod |
| 14 | arise | arise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ensure | to-infinitive | a danger not said here | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | know | present | all persons | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | act | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | arise | should | a danger | ever | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
To signify that a danger is anticipated upon that particular day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 signify | mark |
| 2 | signify | signify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 anticipated | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 danger | det |
| 5 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 anticipated | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 anticipated | aux:pass |
| 7 | anticipated | anticipate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 signify | advcl |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 day | det |
| 10 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 day | amod |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 anticipated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | signify | to-infinitive | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 2 | anticipate | present · passive | a danger | day | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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