Exam question 3 · Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes

Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of thank-you notes.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, respect · To what, where: response, respect, thank notes

This is exam question 3 of lesson 222 «Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes» 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	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 notes	case
11	thank	thank	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 notes	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 you	punct
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 thank	flat
14	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 respect	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	respect of thank notes	with established practice	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	respect			thank notes			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Notes are written only after a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 written	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 written	aux:pass
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 year	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 year	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		Notes			year		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

A note is written only for costly gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 note	det
2	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 gifts	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 gifts	case
7	costly	costly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gifts	amod
8	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		a note				for costly gifts	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for gift=Beneficiary

Option 3

A single note is sent to all the givers collectively, once a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 note	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 note	amod
3	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sent	aux:pass
5	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 givers	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 givers	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 givers	det
9	givers	giver	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sent	obl
10	collectively	collectively	ADV	_	5 sent	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 once	punct
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 sent	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 year	det
14	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 once	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present · passive		a single note		all givers		collectively, once property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to giver=Destination

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

A short note is written to each giver within one or two weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 note	det
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 note	amod
3	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 written	aux:pass
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 giver	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 giver	det
8	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	obl
9	within	within	ADP	_	13 weeks	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 weeks	nummod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 two	cc
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 one	conj
13	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		a short note	each giver		week		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to giver=Recipient

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