Exam question 3 · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the burglary at Number 27.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, burglary, Number

This is exam question 3 of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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 burglary	det
11	burglary	burglary	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 Number	case
13	Number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
14	27	27	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 Number	flat
15	.	.	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 burglary	Number		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus burglary=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

The occupants were found to have left all doors open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 occupants	det
2	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 found	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	aux:pass
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 left	mark
6	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 left	aux
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 found	xcomp
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 doors	det
9	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 left	obj
10	open	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 found	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	find	past · passive		the occupants	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
2	leave	to-infinitive · perfect	the occupants not said here	all doors	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme
3	open	present			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The occupants were subsequently fined by the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 occupants	det
2	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fined	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fined	aux:pass
4	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	5 fined	advmod
5	fined	fine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 police	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 police	det
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fine	past · passive	the police	the occupants				subsequently property	vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Responsibility for the offence rests with the perpetrator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rests	nsubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 offence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 offence	det
4	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Responsibility	nmod
5	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 perpetrator	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 perpetrator	det
8	perpetrator	perpetrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rests	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present	Responsibility for the offence					with the perpetrator	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Responsibility for the offence rests with the occupants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rests	nsubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 offence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 offence	det
4	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Responsibility	nmod
5	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 occupants	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 occupants	det
8	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rests	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present	Responsibility for the offence					with the occupants	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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