Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and schoo…

Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "clingy" in respect of a young child.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, use, respect · To what, where: response, term, young child

This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers» 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	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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 usage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 usage	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 usage	amod
8	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 term	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 term	det
11	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 usage	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 clingy	punct
13	clingy	clingy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 term	amod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 clingy	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 respect	case
16	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 clingy	obl
17	of	of	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 respect	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	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	use			the term	nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient
4	respect			a young child	nom respect «cognition 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 child is anxious and reluctant to be parted from the parent

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 anxious	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 anxious	cop
4	anxious	anxious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 reluctant	cc
6	reluctant	reluctant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 anxious	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	9 parted	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 parted	aux:pass
9	parted	part	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 reluctant	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 parent	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 parent	det
12	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child	anxious property	tree rules
2	be		the child not said here		tree rules
3	part	to-infinitive · passive	the child not said here	from the parent	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: from parent=Co-Patient

Option 2

The child's hands are adhesive owing to the consumption of confectionery

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 hands	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 child	case
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 adhesive	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 adhesive	cop
6	adhesive	adhesive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 adhesive	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 consumption	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 consumption	det
10	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 owing	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 confectionery	case
12	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consumption	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child's hands		adhesive property	tree rules
2	owe	gerund	the child's hands not said here		to the consumption of confectionery goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to consumption=Goal
3	consume			confectionery		nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The child habitually climbs upon furniture

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 climbs	nsubj
3	habitually	habitually	ADV	_	4 climbs	advmod
4	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 furniture	case
6	furniture	furniture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climbs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	present	the child			furniture		habitually property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon furniture=Trajectory

Option 4

The child is susceptible to the cold

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 susceptible	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 susceptible	cop
4	susceptible	susceptible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 cold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cold	det
7	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 susceptible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child					to the cold; susceptible 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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