Exam question 2 · Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling

Whereas a child's ball has passed into a neighbour's garden, state the conduct consistent with good neighbourly practice.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: pass, state · To what, where: ball, garden, conduct

This is exam question 2 of lesson 117 «Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	7 passed	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ball	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 child	case
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passed	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 passed	aux
7	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 state	advcl
8	into	into	ADP	_	12 garden	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 neighbour	det
10	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 garden	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 neighbour	case
12	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passed	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 passed	punct
14	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 conduct	det
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 state	obj
17	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 conduct	amod
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 practice	case
19	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 practice	amod
20	neighbourly	neighbourly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 practice	amod
21	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 consistent	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present · perfect · passive		a child's ball		a neighbour's garden			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into garden=Destination
2	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the conduct					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic

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

Wait until nightfall and recover it unseen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	ADP	_	3 nightfall	case
3	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 recover	cc
5	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 recover	obj
7	unseen	unseen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 recover	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				until nightfall		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	recover	infinitive	you not said here	nightfall				unseen property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Abandon the ball and purchase another one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abandon	abandon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ball	det
3	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Abandon	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 purchase	cc
5	purchase	purchase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Abandon	conj
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purchase	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	imperative	you not said here	the ball					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme ball=Source
2	purchase	infinitive	you not said here	another one					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Theme

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

Knock on the door and request its return politely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knock	knock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 door	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Knock	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 request	cc
6	request	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Knock	conj
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 return	nmod:poss
8	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 request	obj
9	politely	politely	ADV	_	6 request	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	knock	imperative	you not said here		the door		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on door=Location
2	request	present	you not said here	door's return		politely property	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent return=Recipient
3	return		door				nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Climb over the fence quickly to retrieve it before anyone sees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	over	over	ADP	_	4 fence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fence	det
4	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climb	obl
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Climb	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 retrieve	mark
7	retrieve	retrieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Climb	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 retrieve	obj
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 sees	mark
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 sees	nsubj
11	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 retrieve	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	climb	imperative	you not said here		the fence	quickly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fence=Trajectory
2	retrieve	to-infinitive	you not said here	fence			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	see	present	anyone				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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