Exam question 2 · Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back…

Identify the principal instruction applicable in the event of a domestic fire.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal instruction

This is exam question 2 of lesson 7 «Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back at night» of the reflection 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 instruction	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 instruction	amod
4	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	applicable	applicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 instruction	amod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 event	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 event	det
8	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 applicable	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 fire	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fire	det
11	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fire	amod
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 event	nmod
13	.	.	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 instruction					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme

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

Open all windows and await developments within

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 windows	det
3	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Open	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 await	cc
5	await	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Open	conj
6	developments	development	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 await	obj
7	within	within	ADP	_	1 Open	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	all windows					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme
2	await	present	you not said here	developments					tree rules

Option 2

Re-enter the premises in order to recover personal possessions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Re-enter	re-enter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 premises	det
3	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Re-enter	obj
4	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 recover	mark
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 in	fixed
6	to	to	PART	_	7 recover	mark
7	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Re-enter	advcl
8	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 possessions	amod
9	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recover	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	re-enter	imperative	you not said here	the premises					tree rules
2	recover	to-infinitive	you not said here	personal possessions					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Evacuate the premises, remain outside, and summon the fire service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Evacuate	evacuate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 premises	det
3	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Evacuate	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 remain	punct
5	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Evacuate	parataxis
6	outside	outside	ADV	_	5 remain	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 summon	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 summon	cc
9	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Evacuate	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 service	det
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 service	compound
12	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 summon	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	evacuate	imperative	you not said here	the premises		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent premise=Theme
2	remain	present			outside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	summon	infinitive	you not said here	the fire service		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Recipient

Option 4

Remain within the premises and conceal oneself beneath furniture

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	within	within	ADP	_	4 premises	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 premises	det
4	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Remain	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 conceal	cc
6	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Remain	conj
7	oneself	oneself	PRON	Case=Acc Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 conceal	obj
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 furniture	case
9	furniture	furniture	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	imperative	you not said here					within the premises	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	conceal	infinitive	you not said here	oneself		furniture			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent oneself=Patient beneath furniture=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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