Exam question 2 · Homework, practice and the team counting on you
It is given that a child has omitted a domestic duty on several occasions without detection. Select the response consistent with sound reasoning.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, omit, select · To what, where: It, child, several occasions, response
This is exam question 2 of lesson 351 «Homework, practice and the team counting on you» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a child has omitted a domestic duty on several occasions without detection.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 omitted | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 omitted | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 omitted | aux |
| 8 | omitted | omit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 duty | det |
| 10 | domestic | domestic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 duty | amod |
| 11 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 omitted | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 occasions | case |
| 13 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 occasions | amod |
| 14 | occasions | occasion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 omitted | obl |
| 15 | without | without | ADP | _ | 16 detection | case |
| 16 | detection | detection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 omitted | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | omit | present · perfect · passive | a child | several occasions | without detection | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with sound reasoning.
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 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 reasoning | case |
| 6 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reasoning | compound |
| 7 | reasoning | reasoning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 8 | . | . | 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 |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The duty lapses after three omissions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 duty | det |
| 2 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lapses | nsubj |
| 3 | lapses | lapse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 omissions | case |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 omissions | nummod |
| 6 | omissions | omission | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lapses | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lapse | present | the duty | after three omissions | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Detection alone determines wrongdoing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detection | detection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 determines | nsubj |
| 2 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Detection | advmod |
| 3 | determines | determine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | wrongdoing | wrongdoing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 determines | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | present | Detection | wrongdoing | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrongdoing=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Prior lack of detection does not render the omission acceptable
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prior | prior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lack | amod |
| 2 | lack | lack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 render | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 detection | case |
| 4 | detection | detection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lack | nmod |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 render | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 render | advmod |
| 7 | render | render | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 omission | det |
| 9 | omission | omission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 render | obj |
| 10 | acceptable | acceptable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 render | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not render | present · do-support | Prior lack of detection | the omission | acceptable property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent omission=Theme | |||
| 2 | lack | detection | nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
Repeated success proves the duty unnecessary and therefore removes the obligation
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repeated | repeat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 success | amod |
| 2 | success | success | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 proves | nsubj |
| 3 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 duty | det |
| 5 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 proves | obj |
| 6 | unnecessary | unnecessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 proves | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 removes | cc |
| 8 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 9 removes | advmod |
| 9 | removes | remove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 proves | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 obligation | det |
| 11 | obligation | obligation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 removes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | participle | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | prove | present | Repeated success | the duty | unnecessary property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme | |||
| 3 | remove | present | Repeated success not said here | the obligation | therefore property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obligation=Theme |
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