Exam question 4 · Diggers, cranes and cement mixers

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required of a child in respect of a building site?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, require, respect · To what, where: conduct, respect, building site

This is exam question 4 of lesson 28 «Diggers, cranes and cement mixers» 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	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 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 conduct	acl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 respect	case
16	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 site	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 site	det
19	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 site	compound
20	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 respect	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the conduct		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	require	participle	the conduct not said here	respect of a building site	of a child	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	respect		a building site			nom respect «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer

A child shall not enter a building site, even when it appears to be unattended

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enter	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 enter	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 enter	advmod
5	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 site	det
7	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 site	compound
8	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enter	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 appears	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	13 appears	advmod
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 appears	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 appears	nsubj
13	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 enter	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	16 unattended	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 unattended	cop
16	unattended	unattended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 appears	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not enter	shall	a child	a building site		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme site=Destination
2	appear	present	it			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	to-infinitive			unattended property	tree rules

Option 2

A child may enter a building site provided that the machines are stationary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enter	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 enter	aux
4	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 site	det
6	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 site	compound
7	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 provided	nsubj
8	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 enter	ccomp
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 stationary	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 machines	det
11	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 stationary	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 stationary	cop
13	stationary	stationary	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 provided	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	enter	may	a child		tree rules
2	provide	past	a building site		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	is a	present	the machines	stationary	tree rules

Option 3

A child may enter a building site if wearing a hard hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enter	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 enter	aux
4	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 site	det
6	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 site	compound
7	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enter	obj
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 wearing	mark
9	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 enter	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hat	det
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hat	amod
12	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	may	a child	a building site					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme site=Destination
2	wear a condition, not said to happen	gerund	a child not said here	a hard hat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme

Option 4

A child may enter a building site on Sundays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enter	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 enter	aux
4	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 site	det
6	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 site	compound
7	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enter	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 Sundays	case
9	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 enter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	may	a child	a building site			sunday		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme site=Destination

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.

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