Exam question 3 · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

In respect of cash machines, select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, respect · To what, where: response, respect, cash machines

This is exam question 3 of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 select	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 machines	case
4	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 machines	compound
5	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 respect	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 respect	punct
7	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 response	det
9	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 select	obj
10	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 response	amod
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 facts	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 facts	det
13	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 facts	amod
14	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 consistent	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	respect of cash machines	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			cash machines		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

The keypad need not be covered in daylight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 keypad	det
2	keypad	keypad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 covered	nsubj:pass
3	need	need	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 covered	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 covered	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 covered	aux:pass
6	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 daylight	case
8	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cover	present · passive		the keypad				in daylight	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in daylight=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A child shall use one only with an adult, covering the keypad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 use	aux
4	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 use	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 adult	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 adult	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 covering	punct
11	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 use	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 keypad	det
13	keypad	keypad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 covering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	shall	a child	one				with a adult	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
2	cover	gerund	a child not said here	the keypad					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme keypad=Destination

Option 3

The PIN may be written upon the card for safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 PIN	det
2	PIN	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 written	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 written	aux:pass
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 card	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 card	det
8	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 safety	case
10	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	may · passive		the PIN				upon the card; for safety	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for safety=Beneficiary

Option 4

A child may use one alone provided the PIN is spoken quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 use	aux
4	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 spoken	parataxis
5	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 provided	nsubj
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 provided	advmod
7	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 use	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 PIN	det
9	PIN	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 provided	obj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 spoken	aux:pass
11	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	11 spoken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	may	a child			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	provide	past	one	the PIN	alone property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pin=Theme
3	speak speech: other	present · passive			quietly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»

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