Exam question 3 · Windows, balconies and furniture

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the use of a top bunk.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, use · To what, where: response, use, top bunk

This is exam question 3 of lesson 110 «Windows, balconies and furniture» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 use	det
13	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 bunk	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bunk	det
16	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bunk	amod
17	bunk	bunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 use	nmod
18	.	.	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	the use of a top bunk		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus use=Experiencer
5	use			a top bunk		nom use «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

Children under six may sleep there if they are tall enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sleep	nsubj
2	under	under	ADP	_	3 six	case
3	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Children	nmod
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sleep	aux
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 sleep	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 tall	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tall	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tall	cop
10	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sleep	advcl
11	enough	enough	ADV	_	10 tall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	may	Children under six			there			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	Children = child					enough, tall property	tree rules

Option 2

Play is permitted provided the ladder is removed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permitted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ladder	det
6	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 removed	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 removed	aux:pass
8	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 provided	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	permit	present · passive	Play	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	provide not said to happen	participle		vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	remove	present · passive	the ladder	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

One person, using the ladder, no play; not under six years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 person	nummod
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 using	punct
4	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 person	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ladder	det
6	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 using	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 play	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 play	det
9	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 years	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 years	advmod
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 years	case
13	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 years	nummod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 person	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund	One person and no play not said here	the ladder					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladder=Patient

Option 4

Any number of children, provided they sit still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 provided	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 children	case
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 number	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 number	punct
6	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sit	nsubj
8	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 provided	ccomp
9	still	still	ADV	_	8 sit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	participle	any number of children						vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
2	sit	present	children = child				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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