Exam question 3 · Escalators and lifts

Identify the course of conduct appropriate to a person confined within a stationary lift.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, confine · To what, where: course, person

This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Escalators and lifts» of the technology 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	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 conduct	case
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	parataxis
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 appropriate	obl
10	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 person	acl
11	within	within	ADP	_	14 lift	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lift	det
13	stationary	stationary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lift	amod
14	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 confined	obl
15	.	.	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 course of conduct					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	confine	participle		a person not said here				within a stationary lift	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

To remain calm, to operate the alarm button and to await assistance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 operate	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 operate	mark
6	operate	operate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 remain	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 button	det
8	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 button	compound
9	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 operate	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 await	cc
11	to	to	PART	_	12 await	mark
12	await	await	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 remain	conj
13	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 await	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive		calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	operate	to-infinitive	the alarm button		vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Theme button=Attribute
3	await	to-infinitive	assistance		tree rules

Option 2

To leap repeatedly in order to restore movement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 leap	mark
2	leap	leap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	2 leap	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 order	case
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leap	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 restore	mark
7	restore	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 leap	advcl
8	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leap	to-infinitive				order		repeatedly property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Trajectory
2	restore	to-infinitive		movement					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent movement=Theme

Option 3

To restrict breathing on the assumption that the air will be exhausted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 restrict	mark
2	restrict	restrict	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	breathing	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 restrict	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 assumption	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 assumption	det
6	assumption	assumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breathing	obl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 exhausted	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 air	det
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 exhausted	nsubj:pass
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 exhausted	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 exhausted	aux:pass
12	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 breathing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	restrict	to-infinitive			vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Causer clause=Goal
2	breathe	gerund		the assumption	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on assumption=Destination
3	exhaust	future · passive	the air		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 4

To force the doors and climb out by way of the shaft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 force	mark
2	force	force	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 climb	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doors	det
4	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 force	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 climb	cc
6	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 climb	compound:prt
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 way	case
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 climb	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 shaft	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shaft	det
12	shaft	shaft	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 way	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	to-infinitive		the doors					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Recipient
2	climb out	present						by way of the shaft	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by way=Trajectory

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