Exam question 2 · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

Identify the principal reason for which the name of a resident ought not to be attached to an unsolved theft.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, not attach, name · To what, where: principal reason, name, resident

This is exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» 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	16 attached	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 name	det
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 attached	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 resident	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 resident	det
11	resident	resident	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 name	nmod
12	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 attached	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 attached	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	16 attached	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 attached	aux:pass
16	attached	attach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 theft	case
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 theft	det
19	unsolved	unsolved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 theft	amod
20	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 attached	obl
21	.	.	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	not attach	ought · passive	you not said here	the name of a resident	for the principal reason; to a unsolved theft	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to theft=Co-Patient
3	name			a resident		nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Thefts from churches are not considered criminal offences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thefts	theft	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 considered	nsubj:pass
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 churches	case
3	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Thefts	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 considered	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 considered	advmod
6	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	criminal	criminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 offences	amod
8	offences	offence	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 considered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not consider	present · passive		Thefts from churches					vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The police are obliged to publish all names within one week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obliged	aux:pass
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 publish	mark
6	publish	publish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 obliged	xcomp
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 names	det
8	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 publish	obj
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 week	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 week	nummod
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 publish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		the police					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	publish	to-infinitive		all names			week		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An innocent person may thereby acquire an undeserved reputation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 acquire	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 acquire	aux
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	6 acquire	advmod
6	acquire	acquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 reputation	det
8	undeserved	undeserv	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 reputation	amod
9	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 acquire	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	may	a innocent person	a undeserved reputation				thereby property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reputation=Theme
2	undeserv	participle							tree rules

Option 4

Residents are prohibited from discussing local events

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Residents	resident	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 discussing	mark
5	discussing	discuss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 prohibited	advcl
6	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 events	amod
7	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 discussing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Residents					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	discuss speech: other	gerund		local events					vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Topic

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.

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