Exam question 3 · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the young driver at Number 19.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, young driver, Number

This is exam question 3 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	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	12 driver	det
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 driver	amod
12	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 Number	case
14	Number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 driver	nmod
15	19	19	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 Number	flat
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 young driver	Number		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus driver=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

He is incontrovertibly below the minimum driving age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 age	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 age	cop
3	incontrovertibly	incontrovertibly	ADV	_	8 age	advmod
4	below	below	ADP	_	8 age	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 age	det
6	minimum	minimum	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 age	amod
7	driving	driving	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 age	compound
8	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He				below the minimum driving age	incontrovertibly property	tree rules

Option 2

He has been reported to the authorities and charged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reported	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reported	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 reported	aux:pass
4	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 authorities	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 authorities	det
7	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reported	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 charged	cc
9	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reported	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	present · perfect · passive		He	the authorities				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to authority=Recipient
2	charge	participle							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He has been prohibited from entering the vehicle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prohibited	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 entering	mark
6	entering	enter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prohibited	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vehicle	det
8	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 entering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · perfect · passive		He					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	enter	gerund		the vehicle					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme vehicle=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He may lawfully be learning to drive under supervision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 learning	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 learning	aux
3	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	5 learning	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 learning	aux
5	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 drive	mark
7	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 learning	xcomp
8	under	under	ADP	_	9 supervision	case
9	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	may · progressive	He					lawfully property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drive	to-infinitive	He not said here			supervision			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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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