Exam question 4 · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dismantling of objects by a curious child?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, dismantle · To what, where: dismantling, objects

This is exam question 4 of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» 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	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 dismantling	det
10	dismantling	dismantling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 objects	case
12	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dismantling	nmod
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 child	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 child	det
15	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 child	amod
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the dismantling of objects	of the following statements; by a curious child; accurately property	tree rules
3	dismantle		objects		nom dismantling «act 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

It is permissible upon any item that happens to be found within the household

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	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 item	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 item	det
6	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 happens	nsubj
8	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 item	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	11 found	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 found	aux:pass
11	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 happens	xcomp
12	within	within	ADP	_	14 household	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 household	det
14	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	upon any item; permissible property	tree rules
2	happen	present	any item		tree rules
3	find	to-infinitive · passive	any item not said here	within the household	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»

Option 2

It is forbidden in all circumstances whatsoever

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 forbidden	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 circumstances	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 circumstances	det
6	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forbidden	obl
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 forbidden	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive		It		all circumstances		whatsoever property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is permissible only with permission, upon old items, with an adult

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 permission	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 permission	case
6	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 items	punct
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 items	case
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 items	amod
10	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permissible	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 adult	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 adult	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					with permission; upon old items; with a adult; permissible property	tree rules

Option 4

It is permissible provided the item is plugged into the mains

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	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 plugged	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 item	det
6	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plugged	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 plugged	aux:pass
8	plugged	plug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permissible	advcl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 mains	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mains	det
11	mains	main	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 plugged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			permissible property	tree rules
2	provide	participle					vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	plug	present · passive		the item	the mains		vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

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