Exam question 3 · Looking after yourself and a home

Identify the principal reason for which a prudent adult examines the small print of a contract prior to signature.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, prudent adult · What happens: identify, examine, print · To what, where: principal reason, small print, contract

This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and a home» 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	10 examines	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
8	prudent	prudent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 adult	amod
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 examines	nsubj
10	examines	examine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 print	det
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 print	amod
13	print	print	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 examines	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 contract	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 contract	det
16	contract	contract	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 print	nmod
17	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	19 signature	case
18	to	to	ADP	_	17 prior	fixed
19	signature	signature	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 print	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	examine	present	a prudent adult	the small print of a contract	for the principal reason; prior signature	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent print=Theme for which=Attribute
3	print			a contract	prior signature	nom print «communication transitive»: of=patient prior=obl

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

Once signed, the terms are usually binding upon the signatory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 signed	advmod
2	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 binding	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 terms	det
5	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 binding	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 binding	aux
7	usually	usually	ADV	_	8 binding	advmod
8	binding	bind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 signed	advcl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 signatory	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 signatory	det
11	signatory	signatory	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 binding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	participle						once property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bind	present · progressive	the terms					upon the signatory; usually property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The small print contains the signatory's own address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 print	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 print	amod
3	print	print	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contains	nsubj
4	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 signatory	det
6	signatory	signatory	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 address	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 signatory	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 address	amod
9	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	the small print	the signatory's own address					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot address=Theme
2	address		the signatory						nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The small print is customarily of no legal effect whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 print	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 print	amod
3	print	print	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 effect	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 effect	cop
5	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	9 effect	advmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 effect	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 effect	det
8	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 effect	amod
9	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	9 effect	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the small print					of no legal effect; customarily, whatsoever property	tree rules

Option 4

Signatures are invalid unless every page is read aloud first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Signatures	signature	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 invalid	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 invalid	aux:pass
3	invalid	invali	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	8 read	mark
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 page	det
6	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 read	aux:pass
8	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 invalid	advcl
9	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	8 read	advmod
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invali	present · passive		Signatures					tree rules
2	read a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		every page				aloud, first property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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