Exam question 3 · When you want what others have

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the unequal distribution of pocket money between siblings of differing age and duties.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, siblings · What happens: select, establish, concern, differ, distribute · To what, where: response, unequal distribution, age, pocket money

This is exam question 3 of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 distribution	det
11	unequal	unequal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 distribution	amod
12	distribution	distribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 money	case
14	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 money	compound
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 distribution	nmod
16	between	between	ADP	_	17 siblings	case
17	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 money	nmod
18	of	of	SCONJ	_	19 differing	mark
19	differing	differ	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 siblings	acl
20	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 differing	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 duties	cc
22	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 age	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the unequal distribution of pocket money between siblings		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus distribution=Experiencer
4	differ	gerund	siblings not said here	age and duties		tree rules
5	distribute			pocket money between siblings		nom distribution «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice

Pocket money ought to be abolished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 money	compound
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ought	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 abolished	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 abolished	aux:pass
6	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ought	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	to-infinitive · passive							vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»

Option 2

The younger sibling is entitled to the larger sum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sibling	det
2	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 sibling	amod
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 entitled	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 entitled	aux:pass
5	entitled	entitle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 sum	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sum	det
8	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 sum	amod
9	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 entitled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entitle	present · passive		the younger sibling				to the larger sum	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Fairness does not invariably require equal amounts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fairness	fairness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 require	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 require	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 require	advmod
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 require	advmod
5	require	require	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 amounts	amod
7	amounts	amount	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 require	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not require	present · do-support	Fairness	equal amounts				invariably property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme amount=Precondition

Option 4

Fairness invariably requires identical amounts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fairness	fairness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 requires	advmod
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 amounts	amod
5	amounts	amount	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Fairness	identical amounts				invariably property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme amount=Precondition

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