Exam question 4 · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…

Whereas a child has experienced such an accident, ascertain the statement concerning that child which this lesson affirms.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you, lesson · What happens: experience, ascertain, affirm · To what, where: accident, statement concerning, child

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 experienced	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 experienced	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 experienced	aux
5	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 ascertain	advcl
6	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	8 accident	det:predet
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 accident	det
8	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 experienced	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 experienced	punct
10	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 concerning	det
12	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	compound
13	concerning	concerning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ascertain	obj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 child	det
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	appos
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 affirms	obj
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 lesson	det
18	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 affirms	nsubj
19	affirms	affirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 child	acl:relcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	experience	present · perfect	a child	such accident	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer accident=Stimulus
2	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the statement concerning	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concerning=Topic
3	affirm	present	this lesson	that child	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus

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

The child has become an adult as a consequence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 become	aux
4	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	xcomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 consequence	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 consequence	det
9	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adult	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present · perfect	the child	a adult as a consequence					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The accident does not alter who the child is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accident	det
2	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 alter	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 alter	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 alter	advmod
5	alter	alter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	5 alter	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 who	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 who	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not alter	present · do-support	the accident						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	the child						tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The child is to be excluded from viewing films

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 excluded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 excluded	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 excluded	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 excluded	aux:pass
6	excluded	exclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 films	case
8	viewing	view	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 films	amod
9	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 excluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	present · passive		the child		viewing films			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from film=Eventuality
2	view	gerund							vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The child must disclose it to the entire school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disclose	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 disclose	aux
4	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 disclose	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 school	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 school	det
8	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 school	amod
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disclose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	must	the child	it	the entire school				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to school=Recipient

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