Exam question 2 · Staying up, screens and coming home late

Identify the principal reason for which a child ought to inform his parents of his whereabouts.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: identify, inform · To what, where: principal reason, parents

This is exam question 2 of lesson 348 «Staying up, screens and coming home late» 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	11 inform	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 inform	nsubj
9	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 inform	aux
10	to	to	PART	_	11 inform	mark
11	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 parents	nmod:poss
13	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 inform	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 whereabouts	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 whereabouts	nmod:poss
16	whereabouts	whereabouts	NOUN	Number=Ptan	13 parents	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	inform speech: other	ought	a child	the principal reason not said here	child's parents of child's whereabouts			for the principal reason	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

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

It is a mere formality without purpose

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	5 formality	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 formality	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 formality	det
4	mere	mere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 formality	amod
5	formality	formality	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 formality	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a mere formality				without purpose	tree rules

Option 2

It enables the parents to restrict his friendships

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 enables	nsubj
2	enables	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parents	det
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 enables	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 restrict	mark
6	restrict	restrict	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enables	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friendships	nmod:poss
8	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 restrict	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enable	present	It	the parents					tree rules
2	restrict	to-infinitive		his friendships					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer friendship=Patient

Option 3

It is required solely during school hours

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	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 required	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 hours	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hours	compound
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It enables them to ensure his safety and to find him if required

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 enables	nsubj
2	enables	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 enables	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 ensure	mark
5	ensure	ensure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enables	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 safety	nmod:poss
7	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ensure	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 find	cc
9	to	to	PART	_	10 find	mark
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ensure	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 find	obj
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 required	mark
13	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 find	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	enable	present	It	them = they	tree rules
2	ensure	to-infinitive	them = they not said here	his safety	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition safety=Theme
3	find	to-infinitive	them = they not said here	him = he	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme
4	require a condition, not said to happen	participle	him = he not said here		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

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