Exam question 3 · Our street: who parked where and who won what

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the dog belonging to the Pearsons.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, dog · What happens: select, establish, concern, belong · To what, where: response, dog

This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Our street: who parked where and who won what» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dog	det
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 dog	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 Pearsons	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Pearsons	det
15	Pearsons	Pearson	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 belonging	obl
16	.	.	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	the dog		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer
4	belong	gerund	the dog not said here		to the Pearsons	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

The postman sustained a minor nip to the hand through the letterbox

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 postman	det
2	postman	postman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	nsubj
3	sustained	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 nip	det
5	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nip	amod
6	nip	nip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 hand	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hand	det
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	obl
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 letterbox	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 letterbox	det
12	letterbox	letterbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	past	the postman	a minor nip				to the hand; through the letterbox	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent nip=Theme through letterbox=Instrument

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The postman sustained a grave injury to the leg requiring hospital care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 postman	det
2	postman	postman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	nsubj
3	sustained	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 injury	det
5	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 injury	amod
6	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 leg	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 leg	det
9	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	obl
10	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 leg	acl
11	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 care	compound
12	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	past	the postman	a grave injury				to the leg	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent injury=Theme
2	require	gerund	the leg not said here	hospital care					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme care=Precondition

Option 3

The dog was removed from the household by the authorities forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 removed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 removed	aux:pass
4	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 household	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 household	det
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 removed	obl:agent
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 authorities	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 authorities	det
10	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 removed	obl
11	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	4 removed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past · passive	the household	the dog				by the authorities; forthwith property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

Postal deliveries to one side of the road were permanently withdrawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 deliveries	amod
2	deliveries	delivery	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 withdrawn	nsubj:pass
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 side	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 side	nummod
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deliveries	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 side	nmod
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 withdrawn	aux:pass
10	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	11 withdrawn	advmod
11	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	past · passive		Postal deliveries to one side of the road				permanently property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/e3/