Exam question 2 · Police, courts and prison

It is given that an adult has received a summons to perform jury service. Ascertain the function the adult will perform.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: adult, you · What happens: give, receive, perform, ascertain · To what, where: It, summons, jury service, function

This is exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Police, courts and prison» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that an adult has received a summons to perform jury service.

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 received	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 received	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 received	aux
8	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 given	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 summons	det
10	summons	summons	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 received	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 perform	mark
12	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 summons	acl
13	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 service	compound
14	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 perform	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	receive	present · perfect	a adult	a summons	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent summons=Theme
3	perform	to-infinitive	a adult not said here	jury service	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the function the adult will perform.

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 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perform	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 perform	aux
7	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 function	acl:relcl
8	.	.	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 function					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic
2	perform	future	the adult	the function not said here					vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To argue on behalf of the accused person and to cross-examine witnesses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 argue	mark
2	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 behalf	case
4	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 argue	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 person	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
7	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 person	amod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 behalf	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cross-examine	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 cross-examine	mark
11	cross-examine	cross-examine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 argue	conj
12	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 cross-examine	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	to-infinitive		on behalf of the accused person	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on behalf=Topic
2	accuse	participle			vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	cross-examine speech: other	to-infinitive	witnesses		vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witness=Recipient

Option 2

To arrest suspects within the court building

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 arrest	mark
2	arrest	arrest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	suspects	suspect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arrest	obj
4	within	within	ADP	_	7 building	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 building	det
6	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 building	compound
7	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrest	to-infinitive		suspects				within the court building	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suspect=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To decide, with eleven others, whether an accused person is guilty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 decide	mark
2	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 others	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 others	case
5	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 others	nummod
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 decide	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 guilty	punct
8	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	13 guilty	mark
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 person	det
10	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 person	amod
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 guilty	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 guilty	cop
13	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 decide	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decide	to-infinitive		eleven others		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent other=Topic
2	accuse	participle				vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	a accused person		guilty property	tree rules

Option 4

To pass sentence upon a convicted person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pass	mark
2	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pass	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 person	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	convicted	convict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	to-infinitive		sentence				upon a convicted person	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme upon person=Destination
2	convict	participle							tree rules

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