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# Exam question 2 · Helpers in town and building sites

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate response of a child to a firefighter in full protective equipment during a fire?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** appropriate response

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate response of a child to a firefighter in full protective equipment during a fire?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
20	protective	protective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	equipment	equipment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
22	during	during	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the appropriate response of a child |  |  | during a fire | of the following statements; to a firefighter in full protective equipment; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The child shall conceal themselves until the gear is removed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:e2:o1:1
# text = The child shall conceal themselves until the gear is removed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gear	gear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | shall | the child | themselves *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 2 | **remove** | present · passive |  | the gear |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The child shall flee from the firefighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:e2:o2:1
# text = The child shall flee from the firefighter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	flee	flee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	firefighter	firefighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | shall | the child |  |  | the firefighter |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from firefighter=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The child shall respond to a familiar adult only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:e2:o3:1
# text = The child shall respond to a familiar adult only
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	respond	respond	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	familiar	familiar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respond** *speech: other* | shall | the child |  |  |  |  | to a familiar adult | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to adult=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The child shall not hide but shall make themselves known

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites:e2:o4:1
# text = The child shall not hide but shall make themselves known
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
10	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hide** | shall | the child |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | shall | the child *not said here* | themselves *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | participle | themselves *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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**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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