Exam question 3 · Bad news, protests and helping others

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning volunteering.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, volunteering

This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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	volunteering	volunteering	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	.	.	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	volunteering		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus volunteering=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The performance of work without remuneration in aid of a good cause

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 performance	det
2	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 work	case
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 performance	nmod
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 remuneration	case
6	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 performance	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 aid	case
8	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 performance	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 cause	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cause	det
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cause	amod
12	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 aid	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform			work		aid of a good cause		without remuneration	nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient without=obl in=place

Option 2

The sale of one's personal possessions for private profit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sale	det
2	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 possessions	case
4	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 possessions	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 one	case
6	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 possessions	amod
7	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sale	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 profit	case
9	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 profit	amod
10	profit	profit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 possessions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess		one					for private profit	nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Option 3

The performance of work in return for a substantial salary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 performance	det
2	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 work	case
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 performance	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 return	case
6	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 performance	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 salary	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 salary	det
9	substantial	substantial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 salary	amod
10	salary	salary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 performance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform			work		return		for a substantial salary	nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place for=obl

Option 4

The obligatory service imposed upon retired persons by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 service	det
2	obligatory	obligatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 service	amod
3	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 service	acl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 persons	case
6	retired	retired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 persons	amod
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 imposed	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 law	case
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	participle		the obligatory service not said here				upon retired persons; by law	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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