Exam question 2 · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…

Determine the function of a personal identification number within the parental controls of a television service.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine · To what, where: function

This is exam question 2 of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 number	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 number	det
6	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 number	amod
7	identification	identification	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 number	compound
8	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
9	within	within	ADP	_	12 controls	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 controls	det
11	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 controls	amod
12	controls	control	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Determine	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 service	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 service	det
15	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 service	compound
16	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 controls	nmod
17	.	.	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 function of a personal identification number				within the parental controls of a television service	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic

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

To reduce the cost of renting films above a certain age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 reduce	mark
2	reduce	reduce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cost	det
4	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduce	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 renting	mark
6	renting	rent	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 cost	acl
7	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 renting	obj
8	above	above	ADP	_	11 age	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 age	det
10	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 age	amod
11	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 renting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	to-infinitive		the cost					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer cost=Patient
2	rent	gerund	the cost not said here	films			above a certain age		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme

Option 2

To permit the playing of every film without restriction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 permit	mark
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 playing	det
4	playing	playing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 film	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 film	det
7	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	nmod
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 restriction	case
9	restriction	restriction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive		the playing of every film				without restriction	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent playing=Theme
2	play		every film						nom playing «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

To record the films watched for the purposes of school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 record	mark
2	record	record	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 watched	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 films	det
4	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 watched	nsubj
5	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 purposes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purposes	det
8	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 watched	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purposes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	record	to-infinitive	the films not said here		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	watch	past	the films	for the purposes of school	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for purpose=Theme
3	purpose		school		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To restrict the playing of films above a chosen age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 restrict	mark
2	restrict	restrict	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 playing	det
4	playing	playing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restrict	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 films	case
6	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 playing	nmod
7	above	above	ADP	_	10 age	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 age	det
9	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 age	amod
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	restrict	to-infinitive		the playing of films	above a chosen age	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer playing=Patient
2	choose	participle				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	play		films		above a chosen age	nom playing «act intransitive»: of=agent above=place

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