Exam question 3 · Funerals and remembering

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the attendance of children at funerals.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, attend · To what, where: response, attendance, funerals, children

This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Funerals and remembering» 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 attendance	det
13	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 children	case
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 attendance	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 funerals	case
17	funerals	funeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 attendance of children	funerals		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attendance=Experiencer
5	attend			children			nom attendance «act 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

Children are compelled to attend irrespective of their wishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 compelled	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 compelled	aux:pass
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 attend	mark
5	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	xcomp
6	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	5 attend	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 wishes	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wishes	nmod:poss
9	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	compel	present · passive		Children		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	attend	to-infinitive			of Children's wishes; irrespective property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent of wish=Theme
3	wish		Children = child			nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Children may attend only if they have attained sixteen years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attend	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 attend	aux
3	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 attained	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 attained	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 attained	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 attained	aux
8	attained	attain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 attend	ccomp
9	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 attained	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attend	may	Children						tree rules
2	attain a condition, not said to happen	present · perfect	Children = child				year		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Children are prohibited by law from attending any funeral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
6	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 attending	mark
7	attending	attend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 prohibited	advcl
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 funeral	det
9	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	law	Children					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	attend	gerund	law not said here	any funeral					vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme funeral=Goal

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Children are ordinarily permitted to attend, and their wishes are respected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 permitted	aux:pass
3	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	4 permitted	advmod
4	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 attend	mark
6	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 permitted	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 respected	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 respected	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wishes	nmod:poss
10	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 respected	nsubj:pass
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 respected	aux:pass
12	respected	respect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 permitted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		Children	ordinarily property	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	attend not said to happen	to-infinitive				vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	respect	present · passive		Children's wishes		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
4	wish		Children = child			nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

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