Exam question 1 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the appropriation of confectionery from a shop without payment.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, appropriation, shop

This is exam question 1 of lesson 338 «Sweets, change and a friend's toy» 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 appropriation	det
13	appropriation	appropriation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 confectionery	case
15	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 appropriation	nmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 shop	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 shop	det
18	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
19	without	without	ADP	_	20 payment	case
20	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the appropriation of confectionery	a shop	without payment	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus appropriation=Experiencer

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 constitutes theft only where the value exceeds a fixed sum

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 where	advmod
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 exceeds	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 value	det
7	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 exceeds	nsubj
8	exceeds	exceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 constitutes	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sum	det
10	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 sum	amod
11	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 exceeds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	theft	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme theft=Pivot
2	exceed	present	the value	a fixed sum	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sum=Theme
3	fix	participle			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It is permissible where the goods are consumed at once

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 consumed	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goods	det
6	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 consumed	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 consumed	aux:pass
8	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permissible	advcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	consume	present · passive		the goods					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes theft irrespective of the value of the goods

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
4	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	2 constitutes	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 value	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 value	det
7	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 goods	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 goods	det
10	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 value	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	theft				of the value of the goods; irrespective property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme theft=Pivot
2	value			the goods					nom value «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is permissible where no person observes it

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 observes	advmod
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 observes	nsubj
7	observes	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 observes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	observe	present	no person	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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