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Exam question 4 · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

It is given that a neighbour has been absent from four consecutive social gatherings. Determine the most appropriate conduct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: neighbour, you · What happens: give, be, determine · To what, where: It, four consecutive social gatherings, appropriate conduct

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a neighbour has been absent from four consecutive social gatherings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 absent	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 neighbour	det
6	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 absent	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 absent	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 absent	cop
9	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 given	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	14 gatherings	case
11	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 gatherings	nummod
12	consecutive	consecutive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 gatherings	amod
13	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 gatherings	amod
14	gatherings	gathering	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 absent	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present · perfect	a neighbour			four consecutive social gatherings		absent property	tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: Determine the most appropriate conduct.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conduct	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To enquire courteously after her wellbeing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 enquire	mark
2	enquire	enquire	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	courteously	courteously	ADV	_	2 enquire	advmod
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 wellbeing	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wellbeing	nmod:poss
6	wellbeing	wellbeing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enquire	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enquire speech: other	to-infinitive					after her wellbeing	courteously property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To cease forthwith to extend any invitation to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cease	mark
2	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cease	xcomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 extend	mark
5	extend	extend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forthwith	xcomp
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 invitation	det
7	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 extend	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 extend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	to-infinitive						forthwith property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	extend	to-infinitive		any invitation	her = she				vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme to she=Recipient

Option 3

To conclude that she has quarrelled with all present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conclude	mark
2	conclude	conclude	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 quarrelled	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 quarrelled	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quarrelled	aux
6	quarrelled	quarrell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 conclude	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 present	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 present	det
9	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quarrelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	to-infinitive							vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	quarrell	present · perfect	she					with all present	tree rules

Option 4

To solicit the opinions of others as to her motives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 solicit	mark
2	solicit	solicit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 opinions	det
4	opinions	opinion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 solicit	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 others	case
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 opinions	nmod
7	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	10 motives	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 as	fixed
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 motives	nmod:poss
10	motives	motive	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 solicit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solicit	to-infinitive		the opinions of others				as her motives	tree rules
2	opine			others					nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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