Exam question 1 · Home alone, keys and garden play

Identify the principal condition under which a child may be left at home alone for a short period.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, leave · To what, where: principal condition, child

This is exam question 1 of lesson 116 «Home alone, keys and garden play» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 condition	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 condition	amod
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 left	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 left	nsubj:pass
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 left	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 left	aux:pass
11	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 condition	acl:relcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 home	case
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 left	obl
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	11 left	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 period	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 period	det
17	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 period	amod
18	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 left	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal condition					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	leave	may · passive		a child		the principal condition		at home; for a short period; alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme under which=Location

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

The child is over the age of six years

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	6 age	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 age	cop
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 age	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 age	det
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 years	case
8	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child				over the age; year		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A grown-up agrees and the child can reach them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 up	det
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 up	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
4	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 agrees	nsubj
5	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 reach	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reach	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 reach	aux
10	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 agrees	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	agree speech: agree	present	a grown up		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	reach	can	the child	them = they	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

The child has a television to watch

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	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 television	det
5	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 watch	mark
7	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 television	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the child	a television					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent television=Patient
2	watch	to-infinitive	the child not said here	a television not said here					vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The child promises not to answer the phone or the door to anyone

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	3 promises	nsubj
3	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 answer	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 answer	mark
6	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 promises	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 phone	det
8	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answer	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 door	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 phone	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 anyone	case
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 answer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	present	the child						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not answer speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	the child not said here	the phone or the door				to anyone	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent phone=Eventuality

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