Exam question 3 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

Whereas a member of the household has used the last of the milk, state the conduct consistent with good manners.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: use, state · To what, where: member, conduct

This is exam question 3 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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	_	8 used	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 member	det
3	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 household	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 household	det
6	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 member	nmod
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 used	aux
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 state	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 last	det
10	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 milk	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 milk	det
13	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 last	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 used	punct
15	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 conduct	det
17	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 state	obj
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 state	xcomp
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 manners	case
20	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 manners	amod
21	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	18 consistent	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · perfect · passive		a member of the household					tree rules
2	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the conduct				consistent property	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

Say nothing and hope that someone notices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 hope	cc
4	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 notices	mark
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 notices	nsubj
7	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hope	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	hope	present	you not said here		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	notice	present	someone		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Tell someone or write it on the shopping list

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Tell	obj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 write	cc
4	write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 write	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 list	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 list	det
8	shopping	shopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 list	compound
9	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		someone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient
2	write	infinitive	you not said here	it		the shopping list			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on list=Destination

Option 3

Blame another member of the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blame	blame	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 member	det
3	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Blame	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 household	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 household	det
6	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 member	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	imperative	you not said here	another member of the household					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Theme

Option 4

Put the empty carton back into the fridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 carton	det
3	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 carton	amod
4	carton	carton	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 fridge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fridge	det
8	fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	the empty carton		the fridge			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent carton=Goal

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