Exam question 4 · Greeting neighbours and new people

Ascertain the condition under which a child may enter another person's house or car.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: ascertain, enter · To what, where: condition, house

This is exam question 4 of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 enter	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enter	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 enter	aux
9	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 condition	parataxis
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 house	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 person	case
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enter	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 car	cc
15	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 house	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the condition					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	enter	may	a child	another person's house or car		the condition			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination

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

Whenever the person seems kind and friendly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	4 seems	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seems	nsubj
4	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seems	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 friendly	cc
7	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	the person					kind property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

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

Only with a parent or carer knowing and agreeing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	7 knowing	advmod
2	with	with	SCONJ	_	7 knowing	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knowing	nsubj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 carer	cc
6	carer	carer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 parent	conj
7	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 agreeing	cc
9	agreeing	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 knowing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	gerund	a parent or carer						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	agree speech: agree	gerund	a parent or carer not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Whenever there is a pet to be shown inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 is	expl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Whenever	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pet	det
5	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Whenever	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 shown	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 shown	aux:pass
8	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Whenever	advcl:relcl
9	inside	inside	ADV	_	8 shown	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a pet					whenever property	tree rules
2	show	to-infinitive · passive	a pet not said here					inside property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»

Option 4

Only if the house or car is on the same street

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	11 street	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 street	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 street	nsubj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 car	cc
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 house	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 street	cop
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 street	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 street	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 street	amod
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the house or car			the same street			tree rules

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