Exam question 3 · We're having a baby!

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the due date.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, due date

This is exam question 3 of lesson 18 «We're having a baby!» 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	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	12 date	det
11	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 date	amod
12	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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 due date		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus date=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

It is an estimate, and delivery may occur up to two weeks before or after it

The tree, 16 words

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	4 estimate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 estimate	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 estimate	det
4	estimate	estimate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 occur	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 occur	cc
7	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 occur	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 occur	aux
9	occur	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 estimate	acl:relcl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 occur	compound:prt
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 weeks	case
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 weeks	nummod
13	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 occur	obl
14	before	before	ADP	_	17 it	case
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 after	cc
16	after	after	ADP	_	14 before	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 occur	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a estimate					tree rules
2	occur up	may	delivery	a estimate not said here			before estimate; week		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is the date upon which the mother returns to her employment after the birth

The tree, 15 words

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	4 date	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 date	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 date	det
4	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 returns	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mother	det
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 returns	nsubj
9	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 date	parataxis
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 employment	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 employment	nmod:poss
12	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 returns	obl
13	after	after	ADP	_	15 birth	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 birth	det
15	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the date			tree rules
2	return	present	the mother		after the birth	upon the date; to mother's employment result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to employment=Result
3	employ		mother				nom employment «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It is the date upon which the baby's name is registered

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	4 date	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 date	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 date	det
4	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 registered	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 baby	det
8	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 name	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 baby	case
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 registered	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 registered	aux:pass
12	registered	register	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 date	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the date		tree rules
2	register	present · passive		the baby's name	upon the date	vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	name		the baby			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is the precise date upon which delivery must occur

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 date	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 date	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 date	det
4	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 date	amod
5	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 occur	obl
8	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 occur	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 occur	aux
10	occur	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 date	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the precise date					tree rules
2	occur	must	delivery			the precise date			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon which=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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