Exam question 3 · Moving house and renting a home

Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning the conclusion of a tenancy.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, conclude · To what, where: statement, conclusion, tenancy

This is exam question 3 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» of the adult life 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 statement	det
3	statement	statement	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 conclusion	det
11	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 tenancy	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tenancy	det
14	tenancy	tenancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conclusion	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=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 conclusion of a tenancy		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conclusion=Experiencer
4	conclude			a tenancy		nom conclusion «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 tenancy is automatically extended in perpetuity on identical terms for all parties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tenancy	det
2	tenancy	tenancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 extended	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 extended	aux:pass
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	5 extended	advmod
5	extended	extend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 perpetuity	case
7	perpetuity	perpetuity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 extended	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 terms	case
9	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 terms	amod
10	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 extended	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 parties	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 parties	det
13	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 extended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extend	present · passive		the tenancy		perpetuity		on identical terms; for all parties goal; automatically property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme for party=Goal

Option 2

The rent is refunded in full to the tenants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rent	det
2	rent	rent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refunded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 refunded	aux:pass
4	refunded	refund	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 full	case
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 refunded	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 tenants	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tenants	det
9	tenants	tenant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 refunded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refund	present · passive		the rent	the tenants	full			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to tenant=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The landlord may offer a new tenancy or require the tenants to vacate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 landlord	det
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offer	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 offer	aux
4	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tenancy	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tenancy	amod
7	tenancy	tenancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offer	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 require	cc
9	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 offer	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tenants	det
11	tenants	tenant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 require	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 vacate	mark
13	vacate	vacate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 require	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	offer	may	the landlord	a new tenancy	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent tenancy=Theme
2	require	present	the landlord not said here	the tenants	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tenant=Precondition
3	vacate	to-infinitive	the landlord not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The tenants acquire ownership of the dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tenants	det
2	tenants	tenant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 acquire	nsubj
3	acquire	acquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquire	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 dwelling	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dwelling	det
7	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ownership	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	present	the tenants	ownership of the dwelling					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ownership=Theme

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