Exam question 4 · Shops, restaurants and libraries

Identify the principal reason for which conversation within a library is conducted quietly.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, conduct · To what, where: principal reason, library

This is exam question 4 of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 conversation	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 conversation	det
7	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
8	within	within	ADP	_	12 conducted	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 library	det
10	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conducted	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 conducted	aux:pass
12	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
13	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	12 conducted	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason				for which conversation	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	conduct	present · passive		a library				quietly property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

Librarians impose fines for every spoken word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Librarians	librarian	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 impose	nsubj
2	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fines	fine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 impose	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 word	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 word	det
6	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 word	amod
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	present	Librarians	fines				for every spoken word	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Theme
2	speak speech: other	participle							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Other persons are engaged in reading and study

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 persons	amod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 engaged	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 engaged	aux:pass
4	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 reading	case
6	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 engaged	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 study	cc
8	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reading	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	engage	present · passive		Other persons				in reading and study goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in reading=Goal

Option 3

Speech is prohibited by national statute in all public libraries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 statute	case
5	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 statute	amod
6	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 libraries	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 libraries	det
9	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 libraries	amod
10	libraries	library	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	national statute	Speech		all public libraries			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 4

Books are damaged by loud noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 damaged	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 damaged	aux:pass
3	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 noise	case
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 noise	amod
6	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 damaged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	present · passive	loud noise	Books					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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