Exam question 2 · Privacy, screens, sleep and fairness

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the age at which a child receives a phone?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: child · What happens: follow, characteris, receive · To what, where: age, phone

This is exam question 2 of lesson 216 «Privacy, screens, sleep and fairness» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 age	det
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 receives	obl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 receives	nsubj
15	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 age	acl:relcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 phone	det
17	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 receives	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the age		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	receive	present	a child	a phone	at the age		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent phone=Theme at which=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.

The options

Option 1

Schools decide the age for each child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 decide	nsubj
2	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 age	det
4	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 decide	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 decide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	Schools	the age				for each child	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent age=Topic

Option 2

The law requires a phone by the age of ten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 phone	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 age	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 age	det
8	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 ten	case
10	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the law	a phone			by the age of ten		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme phone=Precondition

Option 3

All children receive one at the age of nine years exactly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 receive	nsubj
3	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 receive	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 age	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 age	det
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receive	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 years	case
9	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 age	nmod
11	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	3 receive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	all children	one			at the age of nine years	exactly property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent one=Theme at age=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Each family determines when it is appropriate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determines	nsubj
3	determines	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 appropriate	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 appropriate	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 appropriate	cop
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 determines	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	each family						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	family					appropriate property	tree rules

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