Exam question 2 · Home alone, keys and garden play

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the hiding place of a spare door key.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, hiding place

This is exam question 2 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	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	14 place	det
13	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 place	compound
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	19 key	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 key	det
17	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 key	amod
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 key	compound
19	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 place	nmod
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	the hiding place of a spare door key		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus place=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 written on a note stuck to the door

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 written	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 written	aux:pass
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 note	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 note	det
6	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 written	obl
7	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 note	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		It		a note			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on note=Destination
2	stick	participle		a note not said here				to the door	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to door=Co-Patient

Option 2

It is under the doormat, where it is easy for the family to find

The tree, 14 words

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 doormat	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 doormat	cop
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 doormat	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 doormat	det
5	doormat	doormat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 easy	punct
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 easy	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 easy	expl
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 easy	cop
10	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 doormat	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 family	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 family	det
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 easy	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 find	mark
15	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 easy	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	the doormat		tree rules
2	is	present			for the family; easy property	tree rules
3	find	to-infinitive				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is kept secret, as burglars check under doormats

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 kept	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	aux:pass
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kept	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 check	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 check	mark
7	burglars	burglar	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 check	nsubj
8	check	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	conj
9	under	under	ADP	_	10 doormats	case
10	doormats	doormat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · passive		It				secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	check	present	burglars			doormats			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under doormat=Location

Option 4

It is told to every neighbour for convenience

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 told	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 neighbour	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 neighbour	det
6	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 convenience	case
8	convenience	convenience	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		It	every neighbour			for convenience	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to neighbour=Recipient

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