Exam question 3 · Screens, sleep, fairness and differences

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning assistance to a person who uses a wheelchair.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, person · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, use · To what, where: response, assistance, wheelchair

This is exam question 3 of lesson 103 «Screens, sleep, fairness and differences» 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	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 person	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 person	det
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 uses	nsubj
17	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 person	acl:relcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 wheelchair	det
19	wheelchair	wheelchair	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 uses	obj
20	.	.	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	assistance	to a person	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assistance=Experiencer
5	use	present	a person	a wheelchair		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheelchair=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

One avoids speaking to the person at all so as to give them space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 avoids	nsubj
2	avoids	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 avoids	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 person	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 speaking	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 speaking	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 give	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 give	mark
11	to	to	PART	_	12 give	mark
12	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 speaking	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 give	iobj
14	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	avoid	present	One					vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	speak speech: other	gerund	One not said here			all	to the person	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to person=Co-Agent
3	give	to-infinitive	One not said here	space	them = they			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient space=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

One offers pity because the person needs it most

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 offers	nsubj
2	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offers	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 needs	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needs	nsubj
7	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 offers	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 needs	obj
9	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 needs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	present	One	pity					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pity=Theme
2	need	present	the person	pity					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3

One pushes the chair at once without asking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pushes	nsubj
2	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chair	det
4	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushes	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 pushes	obl
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 asking	mark
8	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pushes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	present	One	the chair					vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent chair=Theme at once=Trajectory
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	One not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

One asks before helping and treats the person as anyone else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	before	before	SCONJ	_	4 helping	mark
4	helping	help	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 asks	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 treats	cc
6	treats	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 asks	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 treats	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 anyone	case
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 treats	obl
11	else	else	ADV	_	10 anyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	One			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	help	gerund	One not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	treat	present	One not said here	the person	as anyone	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme as anyone=Attribute

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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