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Exam question 4 · Reading faces and voices

It is given that a friend has become silent, ceased to eat and avoids all company. Determine the appropriate response.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: give, become, cease, eat, avoid, determine · To what, where: It, company, appropriate response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Reading faces and voices» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a friend has become silent, ceased to eat and avoids all company.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 become	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 friend	det
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 become	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 become	aux
8	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 given	advcl
9	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 become	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ceased	punct
11	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 eat	mark
13	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ceased	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 avoids	cc
15	avoids	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 eat	conj
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 company	det
17	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 avoids	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	become	present · perfect	a friend					silent property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	cease	participle							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	eat	to-infinitive							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	avoid	present		all company					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent company=Location

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.

Sentence 2: Determine the appropriate response.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 response	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To recognise that the friend may require help and to inform a trusted adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 recognise	mark
2	recognise	recognise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 require	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 friend	det
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 require	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 require	aux
7	require	require	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 recognise	advcl
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 require	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 inform	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 inform	mark
11	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 require	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
13	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 adult	amod
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	to-infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	require	may	the friend	help					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme help=Precondition
3	inform speech: other	to-infinitive	the friend not said here		a trusted adult				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
4	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To laugh in order to raise the friend's spirits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 laugh	mark
2	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 order	case
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laugh	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 raise	mark
6	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 laugh	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spirits	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 friend	case
10	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 raise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	to-infinitive						in order	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in order=Theme
2	raise	to-infinitive		the friend's spirits					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Theme

Option 3

To leave the friend entirely alone until the condition passes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 leave	mark
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obj
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 leave	advmod
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 leave	advmod
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 passes	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 condition	det
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 passes	nsubj
10	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 leave	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive		the friend				alone, entirely property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme
2	pass	present	the condition						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To tell other children so that they may avoid the friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tell	mark
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 children	amod
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tell	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 avoid	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 avoid	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 avoid	aux
9	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tell	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 friend	det
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			other children				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient
2	avoid	may	children = child	the friend					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent friend=Location

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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