Exam question 3 · Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and to…
It is given that a stranger offers a child sweets or a puppy to go with them. Select the response consistent with established guidance.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: stranger, you · What happens: give, offer, go, select, establish · To what, where: It, child sweets, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 334 «Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and too-good-to-be-true offers» 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 stranger offers a child sweets or a puppy to go with them.
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 | _ | 7 offers | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stranger | det |
| 6 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offers | nsubj |
| 7 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 sweets | det |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sweets | compound |
| 10 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 offers | obj |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 puppy | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 puppy | det |
| 13 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sweets | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 go | mark |
| 15 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 puppy | acl |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 them | case |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 go | obl |
| 18 | . | . | 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 | a stranger | a child sweets or a puppy | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | a stranger not said here | with sweets = sweet | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary |
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
The child may go if the puppy is visible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 visible | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 puppy | det |
| 7 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 visible | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 visible | cop |
| 9 | visible | visible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 go | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | may | the child | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the puppy | visible property | tree rules |
Option 2
The child shall go if the stranger is polite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 polite | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stranger | det |
| 7 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 polite | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 polite | cop |
| 9 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 go | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | shall | the child | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the stranger | polite property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The child shall not go and shall run to a safe adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 go | advmod |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 run | cc |
| 7 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 run | aux |
| 8 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 go | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 adult | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 adult | det |
| 11 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 adult | amod |
| 12 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | shall | the child | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | run | shall | the child not said here | to a safe adult result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to adult=Result |
Option 4
The child may go if a friend comes too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 comes | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 friend | det |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 comes | nsubj |
| 8 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | advcl |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 comes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | may | the child | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | come a condition, not said to happen | present | a friend | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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