Exam question 2 · Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conduct of museums in time of war.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, conduct · To what, where: response, conduct, museums

This is exam question 2 of lesson 17 «Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there» of the arts 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 conduct	det
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 museums	case
13	museums	museum	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 conduct	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 time	case
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 war	case
17	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 time	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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 conduct of museums	time		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
4	conduct			museums			nom conduct «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

Collections are invariably sold to finance hostilities and the purchase of arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Collections	collection	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sold	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sold	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 sold	advmod
4	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 finance	mark
6	finance	finance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sold	xcomp
7	hostilities	hostility	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 finance	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 purchase	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purchase	det
10	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hostilities	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 arms	case
12	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sell	present · passive	Collections	invariably property	tree rules
2	finance	to-infinitive	hostilities and the purchase of arms		tree rules
3	purchase		arms		nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Museums are obliged to destroy their collections

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Museums	museum	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obliged	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 destroy	mark
5	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 collections	nmod:poss
7	collections	collection	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 destroy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		Museums					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	destroy	to-infinitive		Museums's collections					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collection=Patient

Option 3

Collections are left in situ without any precaution

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Collections	collection	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 situ	case
5	situ	situ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 precaution	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 precaution	det
8	precaution	precaution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		Collections		situ		without any precaution	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in situ=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Collections are frequently concealed or removed to places of safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Collections	collection	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 concealed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 concealed	aux:pass
3	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	4 concealed	advmod
4	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 removed	cc
6	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 concealed	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 places	case
8	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 removed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 safety	case
10	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 places	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present · passive		Collections				frequently property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	remove	participle				places of safety			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to place=Destination

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