Exam question 2 · Forgotten lunch, lunch rubbish, a classmate with no lunch,…

Identify the principal reason for which a teacher is told quietly when a classmate has no lunch.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, classmate · What happens: identify, tell, have · To what, where: principal reason, teacher, lunch · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 330 «Forgotten lunch, lunch rubbish, a classmate with no lunch, learning to cook, pocket money, southern seasons, jobs and salaries, and festivals» 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	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 told	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 told	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 told	aux:pass
10	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	10 told	advmod
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 has	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 classmate	det
14	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 has	nsubj
15	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 told	ccomp
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 lunch	det
17	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 has	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	present · passive		a teacher	for the principal reason; quietly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	have	present	a classmate	no lunch		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=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 required by the cook

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 cook	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	the cook	It					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The school can help without embarrassing them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 help	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 help	aux
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 embarrassing	mark
6	embarrassing	embarrass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 help	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 embarrassing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	can	the school						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	embarrass	gerund	the school not said here	them = they					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Option 3

Teachers must punish the parents of such pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 punish	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 punish	aux
3	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parents	det
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 punish	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 pupils	case
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pupils	amod
8	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 parents	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	must	Teachers	the parents of such pupils					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient

Option 4

Classmates are forbidden from sharing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forbidden	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 sharing	case
5	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive		Classmates		sharing			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from sharing=Eventuality

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