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Exam question 4 · Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling

It is given that a door-to-door seller calls at a residence. Determine the appropriate response of a child.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: door seller, you · What happens: give, call, determine · To what, where: It, appropriate response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a door-to-door seller calls at a residence.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 calls	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 seller	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 door	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 door	punct
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 to	punct
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seller	compound
11	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 calls	nsubj
12	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 residence	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 residence	det
15	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 calls	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	call	present	a door seller					at a residence	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at residence=Stimulus

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.

Sentence 2: Determine the appropriate response of a child.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 response	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 response	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response of a child					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Say no politely, close the door or fetch an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Say	discourse
3	politely	politely	ADV	_	1 Say	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 close	punct
5	close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 close	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 fetch	cc
9	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here					politely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	close	infinitive	you not said here	the door					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
3	fetch	infinitive	you not said here	a adult					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Theme

Option 2

Hand over pocket money to be polite to the seller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 polite	nsubj
2	over	over	ADP	_	4 money	case
3	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 money	compound
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hand	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	7 polite	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 polite	cop
7	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 seller	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 seller	det
10	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 polite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive	Hand over pocket money					to the seller; polite property	tree rules

Option 3

Let the seller in to show the product to the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 seller	det
3	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Let	obj
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	6 show	mark
5	to	to	PART	_	6 show	mark
6	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 product	det
8	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 family	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 family	det
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	the seller					tree rules
2	show	to-infinitive	the seller not said here	the product	the family				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent product=Topic to family=Recipient

Option 4

Give the seller the family's phone number

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 seller	det
3	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 number	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 family	case
7	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 number	compound
8	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	the seller					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent seller=Recipient number=Theme

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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