Exam question 3 · Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the obligations of children in the event of armed conflict in countries such as the United Kingdom.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, obligate · To what, where: response, obligations, event, children

This is exam question 3 of lesson 51 «Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them» 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 obligations	det
13	obligations	obligation	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 children	case
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 obligations	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 event	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 event	det
18	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 conflict	case
20	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 conflict	amod
21	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 event	nmod
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 countries	case
23	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 conflict	nmod
24	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	28 Kingdom	case
25	as	as	ADP	_	24 such	fixed
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Kingdom	det
27	United	United	PROPN	_	28 Kingdom	flat
28	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 countries	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the obligations of children	the event of armed conflict in countries such the United Kingdom		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus obligation=Experiencer
5	obligate			children			nom obligation «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Children are not called upon to serve as soldiers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 called	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 called	advmod
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	7 serve	mark
6	to	to	PART	_	7 serve	mark
7	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 called	advcl
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 soldiers	case
9	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not call	present · passive		Children					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	serve	to-infinitive						as soldiers	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as soldier=Attribute

Option 2

All children above the age of nine are conscripted for military service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 conscripted	nsubj:pass
3	above	above	ADP	_	5 age	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 age	det
5	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 children	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 nine	case
7	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 age	nmod
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 conscripted	aux:pass
9	conscripted	conscript	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 service	case
11	military	military	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 service	amod
12	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conscripted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conscript	present · passive		all children above the age of nine				for military service	tree rules

Option 3

Children are conscripted upon the declaration of war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conscripted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conscripted	aux:pass
3	conscripted	conscript	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 declaration	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 declaration	det
6	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conscripted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 war	case
8	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 declaration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conscript	present · passive		Children				upon the declaration of war	tree rules
2	declare			war					nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Children may be conscripted if a rumour so states

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 conscripted	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 conscripted	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 conscripted	aux:pass
4	conscripted	conscript	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 rumour	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rumour	det
7	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conscripted	xcomp
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 states	case
9	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 conscripted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conscript	may · passive		Children				so states	tree rules

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