Exam question 3 · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning disagreement with an adult.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, disagreement

This is exam question 3 of lesson 100 «Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark» of the everyday 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 adult	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 adult	det
15	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	disagreement	with a adult	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disagreement=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

It is permissible only if expressed loudly and firmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 expressed	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 expressed	mark
6	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permissible	advcl
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	6 expressed	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 firmly	cc
9	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	7 loudly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	express a condition, not said to happen	participle						loudly property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is in all circumstances forbidden to a child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 circumstances	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 circumstances	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 circumstances	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 circumstances	det
5	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 circumstances	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 child	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forbidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			all circumstances			tree rules
2	forbid	participle		all circumstances not said here				to a child	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is permissible if expressed politely with a reason given

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 expressed	mark
5	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permissible	advcl
6	politely	politely	ADV	_	5 expressed	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 reason	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 expressed	obl
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 reason	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		permissible property	tree rules
2	express a condition, not said to happen	participle			with a reason; politely property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	give	participle		a reason not said here		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is permissible only in the presence of another adult who agrees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	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 permissible	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 adult	case
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presence	nmod
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 agrees	nsubj
12	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 adult	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			the presence of another adult		permissible property	tree rules
2	agree speech: agree	present	another adult						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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