Exam question 4 · Home alone, the door and the phone
Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a house key.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established guidance · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, house key
This is exam question 4 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 | 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 | _ | 9 guidance | case |
| 8 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 guidance | amod |
| 9 | guidance | guidance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 consistent | obl |
| 10 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 guidance | acl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 key | det |
| 12 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 key | compound |
| 13 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 concerning | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 established guidance; consistent property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 4 | concern | gerund | established guidance not said here | a house key | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus key=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 · ✓ the right answer
It should be kept out of sight and bear neither the child's name nor address
The tree, 16 words
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 | 4 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 kept | aux:pass |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 sight | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sight | case |
| 7 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bear | cc |
| 9 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sight | conj |
| 10 | neither | neither | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 14 name | cc:preconj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 child | det |
| 12 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 name | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 child | case |
| 14 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sight | conj |
| 15 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 16 address | cc |
| 16 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 name | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep out | should · passive | It | sight and bear neither the child's name nor address | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme sight=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | name | the child | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
It should be worn visibly around the neck
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 | 4 worn | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 worn | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 worn | aux:pass |
| 4 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | visibly | visibly | ADV | _ | 4 worn | advmod |
| 6 | around | around | ADP | _ | 8 neck | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 neck | det |
| 8 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 worn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | should · passive | It | the neck | visibly property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
It should be left beneath the mat for convenience
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 | 4 left | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 left | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 left | aux:pass |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 7 mat | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mat | det |
| 7 | mat | mat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 convenience | case |
| 9 | convenience | convenience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | should · passive | It | the mat | for convenience | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme beneath mat=Location |
Option 4
It should be labelled with the child's full address
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 | 4 labelled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 labelled | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 labelled | aux:pass |
| 4 | labelled | labell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 address | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 child | det |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 address | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 child | case |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 address | amod |
| 10 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 labelled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | labell | should · passive | It | with the child's full address | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | address | the child | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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