Exam question 2 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy

Identify the principal obligation which remains to a penitent who has received absolution for the taking of money from a parent.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal obligation, penitent · What happens: identify, remain, receive, take · To what, where: principal obligation, absolution, money

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 obligation	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 obligation	amod
4	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 remains	nsubj
6	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obligation	acl:relcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 penitent	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 penitent	det
9	penitent	penitent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remains	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 received	nsubj
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 received	aux
12	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 penitent	acl:relcl
13	absolution	absolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 received	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 taking	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 taking	det
16	taking	taking	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 received	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 money	case
18	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 taking	nmod
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 parent	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 parent	det
21	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 taking	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal obligation		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent obligation=Theme
2	remain	present	the principal obligation		to a penitent	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	receive	present · perfect	a penitent	absolution	for the taking of money from a parent	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absolution=Theme
4	take			money	from a parent	nom taking «act transitive»: of=patient from=obl

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

No obligation of any description

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 obligation	det
2	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 description	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 description	det
5	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obligation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obligate			any description					nom obligation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The restitution of the money and an apology to the parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 restitution	det
2	restitution	restitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 money	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 money	det
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restitution	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 apology	cc
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 apology	det
8	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 money	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 parent	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 parent	det
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restitution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restitute			the money and a apology				to the parent	nom restitution «possession transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 3

The payment of an equivalent sum to the church in place of the parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 payment	det
2	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 sum	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sum	det
5	equivalent	equivalent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sum	amod
6	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 payment	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 church	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 church	det
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 payment	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 place	case
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 payment	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 parent	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 parent	det
14	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay			a equivalent sum		place of the parent		to the church	nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient to=obl in=place

Option 4

The avoidance of the parent for some days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 avoidance	det
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 parent	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parent	det
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 days	case
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 days	det
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 avoidance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid			the parent			for some days		nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

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