Exam question 3 · Safe toys for you and little ones

Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of a recalled toy.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, recall, respect · To what, where: response, recalled toy

This is exam question 3 of lesson 241 «Safe toys for you and little ones» 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	_	13 toy	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 toy	det
12	recalled	recall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 toy	amod
13	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
14	.	.	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	recall	participle			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	respect			a recalled toy	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 · ← Mova's choice

It is given away to a younger child

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	away	away	ADV	_	3 given	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
7	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 child	amod
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give away	present · passive		It	a younger child			away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to child=Recipient

Option 2

It is used only at weekends

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 used	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 weekends	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 weekends	case
6	weekends	weekend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		It			weekend		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

It is repaired with tape and used

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 repaired	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 repaired	aux:pass
3	repaired	repair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 tape	case
5	tape	tape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repaired	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 used	cc
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 repaired	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repair	present · passive		It				with tape	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with tape=Instrument
2	use	participle							vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Its use ceases and a parent is informed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 ceases	nmod:poss
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	compound
3	ceases	cease	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 informed	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 parent	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parent	det
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 informed	aux:pass
8	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present · passive		Its use ceases and a parent					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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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