Exam question 4 · Soft words for hard things: relations and family and child…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the instruction "use your words" addressed to a young child?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: your · What happens: follow, characteris, use, address, word · To what, where: instruction, words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family and children's behaviour» of the euphemisms 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 instruction	det
10	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 use	punct
12	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	parataxis
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 words	nmod:poss
14	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 use	obj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 use	punct
16	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 use	advcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 child	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 child	det
19	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 child	amod
20	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 addressed	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the instruction	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	use in a quote	infinitive		your words		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
4	address	participle			to a young child	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	word in a quote		your			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 child is to cease crying or striking and state the request

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	5 cease	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cease	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cease	mark
5	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 cease	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 striking	cc
8	striking	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 crying	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 state	cc
10	state	state	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cease	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 request	det
12	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 state	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child		cease property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund	the child not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	strike	gerund	the child not said here			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	state speech: other	infinitive	the child not said here	the request		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent request=Topic

Option 2

The child is to compose a written letter

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	5 compose	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 compose	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 compose	mark
5	compose	compose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 letter	det
7	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 letter	amod
8	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 compose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child					compose property	tree rules
2	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The child is to enlarge his vocabulary by learning new words daily

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	5 enlarge	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 enlarge	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 enlarge	mark
5	enlarge	enlarge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 vocabulary	nmod:poss
7	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enlarge	obj
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 learning	mark
9	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 enlarge	advcl
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 words	amod
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 learning	obj
12	daily	daily	ADV	_	9 learning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child					enlarge property	tree rules
2	learn	gerund	the child not said here	new words				daily property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic

Option 4

The child is to recite a poem aloud

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	5 recite	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 recite	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 recite	mark
5	recite	recite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 poem	det
7	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recite	obj
8	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	5 recite	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child					aloud, recite property	tree rules

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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