Exam question 3 · Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a…
It is given that a child is offered a cigarette, a vape or alcohol. Select the response consistent with established guidance.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, offer, select, establish · To what, where: It, child, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» 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 a child is offered a cigarette, a vape or alcohol.
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 | _ | 8 offered | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 offered | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 offered | aux:pass |
| 8 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cigarette | det |
| 10 | cigarette | cigarette | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 offered | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 vape | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 vape | det |
| 13 | vape | vape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cigarette | conj |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 alcohol | cc |
| 15 | alcohol | alcohol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cigarette | conj |
| 16 | . | . | 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 | offer | present · passive | a child | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal cigarette=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.
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«No thanks», and walking away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 thanks | punct |
| 2 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 thanks | det |
| 3 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 thanks | punct |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 walking | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 walking | cc |
| 7 | walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 thanks | conj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 walking | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk away | gerund | away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Taking it home for an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Taking | obj |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Taking | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 adult | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | it | for a adult; home property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for adult=Beneficiary |
Option 3
Accepting a single try out of politeness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accepting | accept | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 try | det |
| 3 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 try | amod |
| 4 | try | try | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Accepting | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 politeness | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 politeness | case |
| 7 | politeness | politeness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Accepting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accept | gerund | a single try | politeness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent try=Theme |
Option 4
Accepting it if the giver is older
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accepting | accept | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 older | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Accepting | obj |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 giver | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 giver | det |
| 5 | giver | giver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Accepting | xcomp |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 older | cop |
| 7 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accept | gerund | it | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Accepting | old property | tree rules |
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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