Exam question 3 · Talking to the friend's grandparents

Ascertain the appropriate conduct where an elder initially declines an offer of assistance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, elder · What happens: ascertain, decline, offer · To what, where: appropriate conduct, offer, assistance

This is exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 conduct	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 conduct	amod
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 declines	advmod
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 elder	det
7	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 declines	nsubj
8	initially	initially	ADV	_	9 declines	advmod
9	declines	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 conduct	acl:relcl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 offer	det
11	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 declines	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 assistance	case
13	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 offer	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	decline	present	a elder	a offer of assistance	initially property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme
3	offer			assistance		nom offer «communication 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

The offer is to be renewed and the help given

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 offer	det
2	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 renewed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 renewed	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 renewed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 renewed	aux:pass
6	renewed	renew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 given	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 help	det
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	nsubj
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 renewed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	renew	present · passive		the offer					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	give	participle	the help						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The elder is to be reproached for refusing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 elder	det
2	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reproached	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reproached	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 reproached	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 reproached	aux:pass
6	reproached	reproach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 refusing	mark
8	refusing	refuse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 reproached	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reproach	present · passive		the elder					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	refuse	gerund							vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The offer is to be withdrawn forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 offer	det
2	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 withdrawn	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 withdrawn	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 withdrawn	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 withdrawn	aux:pass
6	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 withdrawn	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	present · passive		the offer				forthwith property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The matter is to be referred to the child's parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 referred	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 referred	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 referred	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 referred	aux:pass
6	referred	refer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 parents	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 parents	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 child	case
11	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 referred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refer	present · passive		the matter	the child's parents				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to parent=Recipient

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