Exam question 1 · Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a school lockdown drill?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lockdown drill · What happens: follow, characteris, purpose · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 8 «Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purpose	det
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 drill	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 drill	det
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lockdown	compound
14	lockdown	lockdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 drill	compound
15	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the purpose of a lockdown drill	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	purpose		a lockdown drill			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

A response to emergencies which occur in schools each month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 response	det
2	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 emergencies	case
4	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 response	nmod
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 occur	nsubj
6	occur	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 response	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 schools	case
8	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 occur	obl
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 month	det
10	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occur	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	a response to emergencies			schools	month		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in school=Location

Option 2

A disciplinary measure intended to frighten pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 measure	det
2	disciplinary	disciplinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 measure	amod
3	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 measure	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 frighten	mark
6	frighten	frighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 intended	advcl
7	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 frighten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	participle		a disciplinary measure not said here					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	frighten	to-infinitive		pupils					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer

Option 3

Advance notification of a danger known to be imminent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 notification	compound
2	notification	notification	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 danger	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 danger	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 danger	det
5	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 danger	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	9 imminent	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 imminent	cop
9	imminent	imminent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 known	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	participle		a danger not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	to-infinitive						imminent property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Rehearsal of procedures so that all persons know what to do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rehearsal	rehearsal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 procedures	case
3	procedures	procedure	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rehearsal	nmod
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 know	mark
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 know	mark
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 persons	det
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 know	nsubj
8	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Rehearsal	advcl
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 do	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 do	mark
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	know	present	all persons		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	do	to-infinitive			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	rehearse			procedures	nom rehearsal «act transitive»: of=patient

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