Exam question 4 · Dates, engagements and weddings
Ascertain the course of conduct appropriate to a minor in respect of persons known solely through the internet.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, know, respect · To what, where: course, persons, internet
This is exam question 4 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | 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 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 conduct | case |
| 5 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 course | nmod |
| 6 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 conduct | amod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 minor | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 minor | det |
| 9 | minor | minor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 appropriate | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 respect | case |
| 11 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 minor | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 persons | case |
| 13 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 respect | nmod |
| 14 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 persons | acl |
| 15 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 14 known | advmod |
| 16 | through | through | ADP | _ | 18 internet | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 internet | det |
| 18 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 known | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the course of conduct | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic | ||||
| 2 | know | participle | persons not said here | the internet | solely property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | respect | persons | 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
Such persons ought to be met only in the company of a friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 persons | amod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 met | nsubj |
| 3 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 met | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 met | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 met | aux:pass |
| 6 | met | meet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 company | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 company | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 company | det |
| 10 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 met | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 friend | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 friend | det |
| 13 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 company | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | ought · passive | Such persons | the company of a friend | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |
Option 2
Such persons may be met provided their messages are courteous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 persons | amod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 provided | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 met | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 met | aux:pass |
| 5 | met | meet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 persons | acl:relcl |
| 6 | provided | provide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 messages | nmod:poss |
| 8 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 courteous | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 courteous | cop |
| 10 | courteous | courteous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 provided | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | may · passive | Such persons not said here | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 2 | provide | past | Such persons | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 3 | is | present | persons's messages | courteous property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Such persons ought never to be met in person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 persons | amod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 met | nsubj |
| 3 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 met | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 met | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 met | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 met | aux:pass |
| 7 | met | meet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 person | case |
| 9 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 met | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not meet | ought · passive | Such persons | in person | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Such persons may be met provided it is daylight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 persons | amod |
| 2 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 provided | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 met | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 met | aux:pass |
| 5 | met | meet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 persons | acl:relcl |
| 6 | provided | provide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 daylight | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 daylight | cop |
| 9 | daylight | daylight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 provided | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | may · passive | Such persons not said here | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 2 | provide | past | Such persons | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | it | daylight | tree rules |
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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