Exam question 4 · Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps

Whereas a child reports fear of drowning, ascertain the measure most consistent with the matters taught for increasing safety.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you, matters · What happens: report, ascertain, teach, increase, fear · To what, where: fear, measure, safety, drowning

This is exam question 4 of lesson 71 «Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	4 reports	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reports	nsubj
4	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ascertain	advcl
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reports	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 drowning	case
7	drowning	drowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fear	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ascertain	punct
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 measure	det
11	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ascertain	obj
12	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	13 consistent	advmod
13	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 measure	amod
14	with	with	SCONJ	_	17 taught	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 matters	det
16	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 taught	nsubj
17	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 consistent	advcl
18	for	for	SCONJ	_	19 increasing	mark
19	increasing	increase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 taught	advcl
20	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 increasing	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	report	present	a child	fear of drowning	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient
2	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the measure	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic
3	teach speech: other	past	the matters		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	increase	gerund	the matters not said here	safety	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer safety=Patient
5	fear			drowning	nom fear «feeling 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

Swimming exclusively during the hours of darkness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	1 Swimming	advmod
3	during	during	ADP	_	5 hours	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hours	det
5	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Swimming	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 darkness	case
7	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	gerund					hour	exclusively property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Permanent avoidance of all bodies of water, including the sea, rivers and pools

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 avoidance	amod
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 bodies	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 bodies	det
5	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 avoidance	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bodies	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sea	punct
9	including	including	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rivers	punct
13	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 avoidance	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 pools	cc
15	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 avoidance	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid			all bodies of water					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Swimming unaccompanied in deep water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	unaccompanied	unaccompanied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Swimming	xcomp
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swimming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	gerund				deep water		unaccompanied property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Instruction in swimming under the supervision of lifeguards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	SCONJ	_	3 swimming	mark
3	swimming	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Instruction	acl
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 supervision	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 supervision	det
6	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swimming	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 lifeguards	case
8	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 supervision	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	gerund	Instruction not said here			the supervision of lifeguards			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under supervision=Trajectory
2	supervise			lifeguards					nom supervision «act transitive»: of=patient

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