Exam question 1 · Home alone, the door and the phone

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the proper treatment of the front door whilst a child is home alone?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, be, treat · To what, where: proper treatment, front door

This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «Home alone, the door and the phone» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 treatment	det
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 treatment	amod
11	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 door	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 door	det
14	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 door	amod
15	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 treatment	nmod
16	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	18 child	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 child	det
18	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 home	obl
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 home	cop
20	home	home	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
21	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the proper treatment of the front door	accurately, alone property	tree rules
3	is	present		whilst a child; home property	tree rules
4	treat		the front door		nom treatment «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

The door should be opened to anyone in uniform

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 door	det
2	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opened	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 opened	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 opened	aux:pass
5	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 anyone	case
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 opened	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 uniform	case
9	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 anyone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	should · passive		the door	anyone				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to anyone=Recipient

Option 2

The door should be left open for fresh air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 door	det
2	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 left	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 air	case
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 air	amod
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	should · passive		the door				for fresh air; open property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for air=Recipient

Option 3

The door should be opened to anyone who knocks twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 door	det
2	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opened	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 opened	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 opened	aux:pass
5	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 anyone	case
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 opened	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 knocks	nsubj
9	knocks	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 anyone	acl:relcl
10	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 knocks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	should · passive		the door	anyone				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to anyone=Recipient
2	knock	present						twice property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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

The door should remain locked and not be opened to unexpected callers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 door	det
2	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 remain	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 opened	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 opened	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 opened	aux:pass
9	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 locked	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 callers	case
11	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 callers	amod
12	callers	caller	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 opened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	remain	should	the door		tree rules
2	lock	participle	the door not said here		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	not open	infinitive · passive	the door not said here	unexpected callers	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: to caller=Recipient

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