Exam question 1 · Coffee, tea, wine and the pub

Identify the principal reason for which the sale of alcoholic beverages to persons under eighteen years of age is prohibited.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, prohibit · To what, where: principal reason, sale

This is exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Coffee, tea, wine and the pub» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 prohibited	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sale	det
8	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 prohibited	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 beverages	case
10	alcoholic	alcoholic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 beverages	amod
11	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sale	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 persons	case
13	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 beverages	nmod
14	under	under	ADP	_	16 years	case
15	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 years	nummod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 persons	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 age	case
18	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 years	nmod
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 prohibited	aux:pass
20	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	prohibit	present · passive		the sale of alcoholic beverages to persons under eighteen years of age				for the principal reason	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

Minors are unable to open the containers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Minors	minor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	cop
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 open	mark
5	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 containers	det
7	containers	container	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 open	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Minors					unable property	tree rules
2	open	to-infinitive	Minors not said here	the containers					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location container=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The developing body and brain are harmed by alcohol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 body	det
2	developing	develop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 body	amod
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 harmed	nsubj:pass
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 brain	cc
5	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 body	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 harmed	aux:pass
7	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 alcohol	case
9	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 harmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	develop	gerund							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	harm	present · passive	alcohol	the developing body and brain					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 3

Alcoholic beverages are excessively expensive for minors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alcoholic	alcoholic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beverages	amod
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 expensive	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 expensive	cop
4	excessively	excessively	ADV	_	5 expensive	advmod
5	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 minors	case
7	minors	minor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 expensive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Alcoholic beverages					for minors; excessively, expensive property	tree rules

Option 4

The flavour is unsuitable for younger palates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flavour	det
2	flavour	flavour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unsuitable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unsuitable	cop
4	unsuitable	unsuitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 palates	case
6	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 palates	amod
7	palates	palate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 unsuitable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the flavour					for younger palates; unsuitable property	tree rules

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