Exam question 2 · Greeting friends and relatives

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the arrival of grandparents at the family home.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, grandparents · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, arrive · To what, where: response, arrival, family

This is exam question 2 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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	13 arrival	det
13	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 grandparents	case
15	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 arrival	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 family	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 family	det
18	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
19	home	home	ADV	_	11 concerning	advmod
20	.	.	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	the arrival of grandparents	the family	home property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus arrival=Experiencer
5	arrive		grandparents				nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

One greets them only if they have brought a gift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 greets	nsubj
2	greets	greet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 greets	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 brought	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 brought	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 brought	nsubj:pass
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 brought	aux
8	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 greets	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gift	det
10	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	greet speech: greet	present	One		them = they				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	bring a condition, not said to happen	present · perfect · passive		they					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination gift=Theme

Option 2

One waits upstairs in one's room until called down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 waits	nsubj
2	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	_	2 waits	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 room	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 room	nummod
6	's	's	PART	_	5 one	case
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waits	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 called	mark
9	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 waits	advcl
10	down	down	ADP	_	9 called	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present	One			one room		upstairs property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location
2	call down speech: assert	participle	One not said here						vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

One stops what one is doing to greet them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 doing	obj
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 doing	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 doing	aux
6	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stops	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 greet	mark
8	greet	greet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 doing	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 greet	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	stop	present	One		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	do	present · progressive	one		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	greet speech: greet	to-infinitive	one not said here	them = they	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

One carries on playing until they come over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 carries	nsubj
2	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	SCONJ	_	4 playing	mark
4	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 carries	advcl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 come	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 carries	advcl
8	over	over	ADV	_	7 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	carry	present	One		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	play	gerund	One not said here		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come over	present	they	over property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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