Exam question 3 · Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food

It is given that grapes are to be served to a small child. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, serve, select, establish · To what, where: It, grapes, small child, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 289 «Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that grapes are to be served to a small 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	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 served	mark
5	grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 served	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 served	aux:pass
7	to	to	PART	_	9 served	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 served	aux:pass
9	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 child	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 child	amod
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 served	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	serve	present · passive		grapes	a small child				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to child=Recipient

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with established guidance.

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 guidance	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 guidance	amod
7	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	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

The options

Option 1

They shall be served only to children who chew loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 served	nsubj:pass
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 served	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 served	aux:pass
4	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 children	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 served	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 chew	nsubj
9	chew	chew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 children	acl:relcl
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	9 chew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	shall · passive		They	children				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to child=Recipient
2	chew	present	children					loudly property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They shall be served whole, since grapes are soft and easily swallowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 served	nsubj:pass
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 served	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 served	aux:pass
4	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 served	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 soft	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 soft	mark
8	grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 soft	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 soft	cop
10	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 served	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 swallowed	cc
12	easily	easily	ADV	_	13 swallowed	advmod
13	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 soft	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	serve	shall · passive		They	whole property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
2	is	present	grapes		soft property	tree rules
3	swallow	participle	grapes not said here		easily property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

They shall be cut lengthways, since small round food may block the airway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cut	nsubj:pass
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 cut	aux:pass
4	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	lengthways	lengthways	ADV	_	4 cut	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 block	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 block	mark
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 food	amod
9	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 food	amod
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 block	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 block	aux
12	block	block	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cut	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 airway	det
14	airway	airway	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 block	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	shall · passive		They				lengthways property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	block	may	small round food	the airway					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer airway=Theme

Option 4

They shall be frozen hard before serving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 frozen	nsubj:pass
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 frozen	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 frozen	aux:pass
4	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 frozen	advmod
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 serving	mark
7	serving	serve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 frozen	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	shall · passive		They				hard property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	serve	gerund							vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

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