Exam question 2 · Grown-ups who argue and make up

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the conveyance of a message such as "Tell your father his dinner is ready".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, message, dinner · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, tell, convey · To what, where: response, conveyance, father, message · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «Grown-ups who argue and make up» 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 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 conveyance	det
13	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 message	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 message	det
16	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conveyance	nmod
17	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	20 Tell	mark
18	as	as	ADP	_	17 such	fixed
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 Tell	punct
20	Tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 message	acl
21	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 father	nmod:poss
22	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 Tell	iobj
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 dinner	nmod:poss
24	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 ready	nsubj
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 ready	cop
26	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Tell	ccomp
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 ready	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the conveyance of a message			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conveyance=Experiencer
5	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	a message not said here		your father		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient
6	is in a quote	present	his dinner			ready property	tree rules
7	convey			a message			nom conveyance «communication 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

It is the silent treatment, which ordinarily aggravates a dispute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 treatment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 treatment	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 treatment	det
4	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 treatment	amod
5	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 aggravates	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 aggravates	nsubj
8	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	9 aggravates	advmod
9	aggravates	aggravate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 treatment	acl:relcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dispute	det
11	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 aggravates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the silent treatment					tree rules
2	aggravate	present	the silent treatment	a dispute				ordinarily property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dispute=Experiencer

Option 2

It constitutes a courteous invitation to supper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 invitation	det
4	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 invitation	amod
5	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 supper	mark
7	supper	supper	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 invitation	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a courteous invitation					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme invitation=Pivot
2	supper	to-infinitive		a courteous invitation not said here					tree rules

Option 3

It constitutes evidence that the father is hard of hearing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 hard	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 father	det
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hard	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hard	cop
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 evidence	acl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 hearing	case
10	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	evidence					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme evidence=Pivot
2	is	present	the father	evidence not said here				of hearing; hard property	tree rules

Option 4

It constitutes a game to be enjoyed by every member of the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 enjoyed	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 enjoyed	aux:pass
7	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 constitutes	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 member	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 member	det
10	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 enjoyed	obl:agent
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 household	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 household	det
13	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 member	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a game					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme game=Pivot
2	enjoy	to-infinitive · passive	every member of the household						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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