Exam question 3 · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning hoax calls to emergency numbers.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish

This is exam question 3 of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?» 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	4 consistent	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl:unmarked
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	ccomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	parataxis
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 calls	amod
10	hoax	hoax	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 calls	compound
11	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 numbers	case
13	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 numbers	compound
14	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 calls	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 · ✓ the right answer

They occupy help needed by persons in real danger and are unlawful

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	2 occupy	nsubj
2	occupy	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occupy	obj
4	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 help	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 needed	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 danger	case
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 danger	amod
9	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 persons	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 unlawful	cc
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 unlawful	cop
12	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 occupy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	occupy	present	They	help		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus help=Experiencer
2	need	participle		help not said here	by persons in real danger	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	is	present	They not said here		unlawful property	tree rules

Option 2

They are permitted for persons under sixteen years of age

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 permitted	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 persons	case
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permitted	obl
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 years	case
7	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permitted	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 age	case
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 years	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		They			year	for persons	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

They are harmless provided that the caller hangs up the telephone promptly

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	4 provided	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 hangs	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 caller	det
7	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hangs	nsubj
8	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 hangs	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 telephone	det
11	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hangs	obj
12	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	8 hangs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		They					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	hang up	present	the caller	the telephone				promptly property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telephone=Patient

Option 4

They are lawful if made only once by the same person

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 lawful	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lawful	cop
3	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 made	mark
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lawful	advcl
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 once	advmod
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 made	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 person	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 person	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 person	amod
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					lawful property	tree rules
2	make a condition, not said to happen	participle	They not said here					by the same person; once property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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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