Exam question 3 · Queues, taking turns and interrupting

Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of a person who stammers.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, person · What happens: select, establish, stammer, respect · To what, where: response, person

This is exam question 3 of lesson 223 «Queues, taking turns and interrupting» 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	4 consistent	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 person	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 stammers	nsubj
14	stammers	stammer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 person	acl:relcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	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	stammer speech: other	present	a person		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	respect			a person	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

He is asked to speak more quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	aux:pass
3	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 speak	mark
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asked	xcomp
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 speak	advmod
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present · passive		He					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	speak speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here					quickly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

His sentences are completed for him, to spare him effort

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sentences	nmod:poss
2	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 completed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 completed	aux:pass
4	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 completed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 spare	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 spare	mark
9	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 completed	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spare	obj
11	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	complete	present · passive		His sentences		for him = he	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	spare	to-infinitive			him = he		vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient effort=Asset
3	sentence		His = he				nom sentence «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is permitted to complete his own sentences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 permitted	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 complete	mark
5	complete	complete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 permitted	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sentences	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sentences	amod
8	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 complete	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		He	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	complete not said to happen	to-infinitive		his own sentences	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Eventuality
3	sentence		his = he		nom sentence «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He is not asked to speak at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 asked	advmod
4	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 speak	mark
6	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asked	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	present · passive		He					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	speak speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			all			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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