Exam question 3 · Accidents, wars and deaths on the news

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the occupational risks of firefighters.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, risk · To what, where: response, occupational risks, firefighters

This is exam question 3 of lesson 60 «Accidents, wars and deaths on the news» of the religion ethics 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 risks	det
11	occupational	occupational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 risks	amod
12	risks	risk	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 firefighters	case
14	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 risks	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the occupational risks of firefighters		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus risk=Experiencer
4	risk			firefighters		nom risk «state 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

They are forbidden from approaching fires

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forbidden	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 fires	case
5	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 fires	amod
6	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forbidden	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive	approaching fires	They					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	approach	gerund							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They are never exposed to any danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 exposed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exposed	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 exposed	advmod
4	exposed	expose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 danger	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 danger	det
7	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not expose	present · passive		They	any danger				vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to danger=Recipient

Option 3

They perish in the course of their duties without exception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 perish	nsubj
2	perish	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 course	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 course	det
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perish	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 duties	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 duties	nmod:poss
8	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 course	nmod
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 exception	case
10	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perish	present	They			the course of their duties		without exception	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They are trained and equipped, and almost all return safely from their duties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trained	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trained	aux:pass
3	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 equipped	cc
5	equipped	equip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 trained	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 return	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 return	cc
8	almost	almost	ADV	_	9 all	advmod
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 return	advmod
10	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trained	conj
11	safely	safely	ADV	_	10 return	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 duties	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 duties	nmod:poss
14	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	train	present · passive	They			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	equip	participle				vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	return	present		their duties	safely property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from duty=Initial_Location

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