Exam question 4 · Going where you're not allowed

Determine the proper conduct of a child who discovers matches within a household drawer.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: determine, discover, conduct · To what, where: proper conduct, matches, child

This is exam question 4 of lesson 349 «Going where you're not allowed» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 conduct	det
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 conduct	amod
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conduct	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 discovers	nsubj
9	discovers	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 child	acl:relcl
10	matches	match	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 discovers	obj
11	within	within	ADP	_	14 drawer	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 drawer	det
13	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 drawer	compound
14	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovers	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the proper conduct of a child		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	discover	present	a child	matches	within a household drawer	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Topic
3	conduct			a child		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=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

He ought to strike one in order to examine the flame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 strike	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 strike	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 strike	mark
4	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 strike	obj
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 examine	mark
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 examine	mark
9	examine	examine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 strike	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 flame	det
11	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 examine	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	ought	He	one					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
2	examine	to-infinitive	He not said here	the flame					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme

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

He ought to leave them undisturbed and inform an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 leave	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 leave	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 leave	mark
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 leave	obj
6	undisturbed	undisturbed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 leave	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 inform	cc
8	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 leave	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	ought	He	them = they				undisturbed property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	inform speech: other	infinitive	He not said here		a adult				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 3

He ought to conceal them in his own room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 conceal	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 conceal	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 conceal	mark
4	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 conceal	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 room	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 room	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 room	amod
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	ought	He	them = they		his own room			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient in room=Location

Option 4

He ought to give them to another child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 give	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 give	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 give	mark
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 give	iobj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	ought	He		them = they			to another child	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to child=Recipient

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