Exam question 3 · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate
It is given that a child, unwilling to attend Sunday school, concealed himself in a park. Select the response consistent with honesty.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, unwill, attend, conceal, select · To what, where: It, Sunday school, child, park, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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, unwilling to attend Sunday school, concealed himself in a park.
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 | _ | 6 child | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 unwilling | punct |
| 8 | unwilling | unwill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 attend | mark |
| 10 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 unwilling | xcomp |
| 11 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 school | compound |
| 12 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 attend | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 concealed | punct |
| 14 | concealed | conceal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | conj |
| 15 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 14 concealed | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 park | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 park | det |
| 18 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 concealed | obl |
| 19 | . | . | 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 | unwill | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | attend | to-infinitive | Sunday school | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme school=Goal | |||||
| 4 | conceal | past | child | a park | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in park=Location |
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 honesty.
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 | _ | 6 honesty | case |
| 6 | honesty | honesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 7 | . | . | 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
The child bears no responsibility for the parent's worry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bears | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bears | compound |
| 3 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 responsibility | det |
| 5 | responsibility | responsibility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bears | appos |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 worry | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 parent | det |
| 8 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 worry | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 parent | case |
| 10 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 responsibility | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worry | the parent | nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
The child acted prudently in concealing himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 acted | nsubj |
| 3 | acted | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | prudently | prudently | ADV | _ | 3 acted | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 6 concealing | mark |
| 6 | concealing | conceal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 acted | advcl |
| 7 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 concealing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | past | the child | prudently property | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | conceal | gerund | the child not said here | child | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
Option 3
The child ought to have feigned an illness in order to avoid the class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 feigned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 feigned | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 feigned | mark |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 feigned | aux |
| 6 | feigned | feign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 illness | det |
| 8 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 feigned | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 order | case |
| 10 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 feigned | obl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 avoid | mark |
| 12 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 feigned | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 class | det |
| 14 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 avoid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feign | ought · perfect · passive | the child | order | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | avoid | to-infinitive | the class | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent class=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The child ought to have stated his unwillingness openly to his parent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stated | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stated | mark |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 stated | aux |
| 6 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 unwillingness | nmod:poss |
| 8 | unwillingness | unwillingness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stated | obj |
| 9 | openly | openly | ADV | _ | 6 stated | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 parent | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 parent | nmod:poss |
| 12 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | ought · perfect · passive | the child | to child's parent; openly property | tree rules |
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