Exam question 2 · Roads and road signs

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conduct of persons whose vehicle has broken down upon a motorway.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, break down, conduct · To what, where: response, conduct, vehicle, persons

This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» 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	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	11 conduct	det
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 persons	case
13	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 conduct	nmod
14	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	15 vehicle	nmod:poss
15	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 broken	nsubj:pass
16	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 broken	aux
17	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 persons	acl:relcl
18	down	down	ADP	_	17 broken	compound:prt
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 motorway	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 motorway	det
21	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 broken	obl
22	.	.	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 conduct of persons		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
4	break down	present · perfect · passive		vehicle	upon a motorway	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
5	conduct			persons		nom conduct «act 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

They shall leave the vehicle on the side away from the traffic and wait behind the barrier

The tree, 17 words

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 leave	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 leave	aux
3	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vehicle	det
5	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leave	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 side	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leave	obl
9	away	away	ADV	_	3 leave	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 traffic	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 traffic	det
12	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 away	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wait	cc
14	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 leave	conj
15	behind	behind	ADP	_	17 barrier	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 barrier	det
17	barrier	barrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	shall	They	the vehicle		the side		away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent vehicle=Theme on side=Location
2	wait	infinitive	They not said here			the barrier			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind barrier=Location

Option 2

They shall stand behind the vehicle and signal to passing drivers

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 stand	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stand	aux
3	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 vehicle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vehicle	det
6	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stand	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 signal	cc
8	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vehicle	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 passing	case
10	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stand	obl
11	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 passing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	shall	They			the vehicle and signal			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind vehicle=Location
2	pass	gerund		drivers					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme driver=Trajectory

Option 3

They shall proceed on foot along the carriageway to the next junction

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 proceed	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 proceed	aux
3	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 foot	case
5	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceed	obl
6	along	along	ADP	_	8 carriageway	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 carriageway	det
8	carriageway	carriageway	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceed	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 junction	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 junction	det
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 junction	amod
12	junction	junction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	shall	They			foot		along the carriageway; to the next junction	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They shall remain within the vehicle in the lane of traffic

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 remain	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 remain	aux
3	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 vehicle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vehicle	det
6	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remain	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 lane	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lane	det
9	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remain	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 traffic	case
11	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lane	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	shall	They			the lane of traffic		within the vehicle	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lane=Location

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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