Exam question 4 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a dog and a toddler in the same room.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, dog, same room

This is exam question 4 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dog	det
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 toddler	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 toddler	det
16	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dog	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 room	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 room	det
19	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 room	amod
20	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	a dog and a toddler	the same room		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=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 · ✓ the right answer

They are watched, as a pulled pet may snap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 watched	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 watched	aux:pass
3	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 snap	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 snap	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pet	det
7	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 pet	amod
8	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 snap	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 snap	aux
10	snap	snap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 watched	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	watch	present · passive		They	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	pull	participle			vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	snap	may	a pulled pet		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They are left alone so that they make friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 left	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 left	xcomp
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 make	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 make	nsubj
8	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 left	advcl
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		They				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	make	present	they	friends					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product

Option 3

They are kept together to teach the dog patience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kept	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	aux:pass
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	together	together	ADV	_	3 kept	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 teach	mark
6	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 kept	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 patience	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 patience	compound
9	patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep together	present · passive		They				together property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	teach speech: other	to-infinitive		the dog patience					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent patience=Recipient

Option 4

They are safe together, as dogs love children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	together	together	ADV	_	3 safe	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 love	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 love	mark
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 love	nsubj
8	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	conj
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					safe, together property	tree rules
2	love	present	dogs	children					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus

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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