Exam question 4 · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

Identify the principal reason for informing the adult in charge when one leaves a place.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal reason, one · What happens: identify, inform, leave · To what, where: principal reason, adult, charge, place

This is exam question 4 of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 informing	mark
6	informing	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 reason	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 informing	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 charge	case
10	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 informing	obl
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 leaves	mark
12	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 leaves	nsubj
13	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 informing	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 place	det
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 leaves	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	inform speech: other	gerund	the principal reason not said here		the adult	charge	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	leave	present	one	a place			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

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

So that they may close the door behind one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 close	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 close	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 close	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 close	aux
5	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 close	obj
8	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 one	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	may	they	the door				behind one	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 2

So that they may check one has thanked everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	8 thanked	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 check	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 check	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 check	aux
5	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 thanked	advcl
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 check	obj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thanked	aux
8	thanked	thank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 thanked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	may	they	one					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
2	thank speech: thank	present · perfect		everyone					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

So that they know where one is and one stays safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 know	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 know	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 know	nsubj
4	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 know	ccomp
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 where	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 where	cop
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stays	cc
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 stays	nsubj
10	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 know	conj
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	know	present	they		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	one	where property	tree rules
3	stay	present	one	safe property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

So that they may arrange a gift for one's family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 arrange	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 arrange	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 arrange	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 arrange	aux
5	arrange	arrange	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gift	det
7	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arrange	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 family	case
9	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 family	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 one	case
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arrange	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	may	they	a gift				for one's family	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gift=Product for family=Beneficiary

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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