Exam question 2 · Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs
It is given that an unknown motorist has offered a child conveyance in his vehicle. Determine the course of action consistent with established safety guidance.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, offer, determine, establish · To what, where: It, unknown motorist, course
This is exam question 2 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
Sentence 1: It is given that an unknown motorist has offered a child conveyance in his vehicle.
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 | _ | 9 offered | mark |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 motorist | det |
| 6 | unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 motorist | amod |
| 7 | motorist | motorist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 offered | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 offered | aux |
| 9 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 conveyance | det |
| 11 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 conveyance | compound |
| 12 | conveyance | conveyance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 offered | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 vehicle | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 vehicle | nmod:poss |
| 15 | vehicle | vehicle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 conveyance | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | 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 | offer | present · perfect · passive | a unknown motorist | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal conveyance=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.
Sentence 2: Determine the course of action consistent with established safety guidance.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 course | det |
| 3 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 action | case |
| 5 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 course | nmod |
| 6 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 action | amod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 guidance | case |
| 8 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 guidance | amod |
| 9 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 guidance | compound |
| 10 | guidance | guidance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 consistent | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the course of action | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Refusal, departure from the vicinity, and prompt report to a trusted adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Refusal | refusal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 departure | punct |
| 3 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Refusal | conj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 vicinity | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 vicinity | det |
| 6 | vicinity | vicinity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 departure | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 report | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 report | cc |
| 9 | prompt | prompt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 report | amod |
| 10 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Refusal | conj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 adult | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 adult | det |
| 13 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 adult | amod |
| 14 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 report | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Acceptance of the offer where the motorist appears courteous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acceptance | acceptance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offer | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 offer | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 offer | det |
| 4 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 appears | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 motorist | det |
| 7 | motorist | motorist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 appears | nsubj |
| 8 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 offer | acl:relcl |
| 9 | courteous | courteous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 appears | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | present | the motorist | courteous property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Concealment of the incident in order to avoid inconvenience
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concealment | concealment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 incident | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 incident | det |
| 4 | incident | incident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Concealment | nmod |
| 5 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 8 avoid | mark |
| 6 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 in | fixed |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 avoid | mark |
| 8 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 incident | acl |
| 9 | inconvenience | inconvenience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 avoid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | avoid | to-infinitive | inconvenience | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent inconvenience=Location | |||||
| 2 | conceal | the incident | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
Acceptance of the offer in conditions of inclement weather
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acceptance | acceptance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 offer | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 offer | det |
| 4 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Acceptance | nmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 conditions | case |
| 6 | conditions | condition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 offer | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 weather | case |
| 8 | inclement | inclement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 weather | compound |
| 9 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 conditions | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accept | the offer in conditions of inclement weather | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | condition | inclement weather | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/8-scary-things-in-the-world-news-strangers-war-and-what-ifs/e2/