Exam question 2 · At the friend's home: what to say to the parents

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning footwear in a Chinese household.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, footwear, Chinese household

This is exam question 2 of lesson 28 «At the friend's home: what to say to the parents» of the Chinese street 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	footwear	footwear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 household	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 household	det
13	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 household	amod
14	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
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	footwear	a Chinese household		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus footwear=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 right answer

Outdoor shoes are removed and the slippers provided are worn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shoes	amod
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 removed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 removed	aux:pass
4	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 worn	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 slippers	det
7	slippers	slipper	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 worn	nsubj:pass
8	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 slippers	acl:relcl
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 worn	aux:pass
10	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 removed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	remove	present · passive		Outdoor shoes	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	provide	past	the slippers not said here		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	wear	present · passive		the slippers	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Shoes are removed only in the presence of grandparents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 removed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 removed	aux:pass
3	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 presence	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 presence	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 presence	det
7	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removed	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 grandparents	case
9	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present · passive		Shoes					tree rules

Option 3

Outdoor shoes are customarily retained throughout the entire visit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shoes	amod
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 retained	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 retained	aux:pass
4	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	5 retained	advmod
5	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	9 visit	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 visit	det
8	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 visit	amod
9	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		Outdoor shoes			throughout the entire visit	customarily property	tree rules

Option 4

Guests are expected to bring their own slippers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 expected	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 expected	aux:pass
3	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 expected	xcomp
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 slippers	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 slippers	amod
8	slippers	slipper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	present · passive		Guests					tree rules
2	bring not said to happen	to-infinitive	Guests not said here	Guests's own slippers					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent slipper=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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