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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.

nsubj:passaux:passmarkdetxcomppunctadvclmarkxcompcompoundobjpunctconjobjcasedetoblpunctrootItPRONisAUXgivenVERBthatSCONJaDETchildNOUN,PUNCTunwillingVERBtoPARTattendVERBSundayPROPNschoolNOUN,PUNCTconcealedVERBhimselfPRONinADPaDETparkNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 givennsubj:pass
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 givenaux:pass
3givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_6 childmark
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 childdet
6childchildNOUNNumber=Sing3 givenxcomp
7,,PUNCT_8 unwillingpunct
8unwillingunwillVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 givenadvcl
9totoPART_10 attendmark
10attendattendVERBVerbForm=Inf8 unwillingxcomp
11SundaySundayPROPNNumber=Sing12 schoolcompound
12schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing10 attendobj
13,,PUNCT_14 concealedpunct
14concealedconcealVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 givenconj
15himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes14 concealedobj
16ininADP_18 parkcase
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 parkdet
18parkparkNOUNNumber=Sing14 concealedobl
19..PUNCT_3 givenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepresent · passiveItvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2unwillgerundtree rules
3attendto-infinitiveSunday schoolvn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme school=Goal
4concealpastchilda parkvn 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.

detobjamodcaseoblpunctrootSelectVERBtheDETresponseNOUNconsistentADJwithADPhonestyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SelectselectVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 responsedet
3responseresponseNOUNNumber=Sing1 Selectobj
4consistentconsistentADJDegree=Pos3 responseamod
5withwithADP_6 honestycase
6honestyhonestyNOUNNumber=Sing4 consistentobl
7..PUNCT_1 Selectpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1selectimperativeyou not said herethe responsevn 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

detcompounddetapposcasedetnmod:posscasenmodrootTheDETchildNOUNbearsNOUNnoDETresponsibilityNOUNforADPtheDETparentNOUN'sPARTworryNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 bearsdet
2childchildNOUNNumber=Sing3 bearscompound
3bearsbearNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
4nonoDETPronType=Neg5 responsibilitydet
5responsibilityresponsibilityNOUNNumber=Sing3 bearsappos
6forforADP_10 worrycase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 parentdet
8parentparentNOUNNumber=Sing10 worrynmod:poss
9's'sPART_8 parentcase
10worryworryNOUNNumber=Sing5 responsibilitynmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1worrythe parentnom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The child acted prudently in concealing himself

detnsubjadvmodmarkadvclobjrootTheDETchildNOUNactedVERBprudentlyADVinSCONJconcealingVERBhimselfPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 childdet
2childchildNOUNNumber=Sing3 actednsubj
3actedactVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4prudentlyprudentlyADV_3 actedadvmod
5ininSCONJ_6 concealingmark
6concealingconcealVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 actedadvcl
7himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes6 concealingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1actpastthe childprudently propertyvn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2concealgerundthe child not said herechildvn 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

detnsubj:passauxmarkauxdetobjcaseoblmarkadvcldetobjrootTheDETchildNOUNoughtAUXtoPARThaveAUXfeignedVERBanDETillnessNOUNinADPorderNOUNtoPARTavoidVERBtheDETclassNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 childdet
2childchildNOUNNumber=Sing6 feignednsubj:pass
3oughtoughtAUXVerbForm=Fin6 feignedaux
4totoPART_6 feignedmark
5havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf6 feignedaux
6feignedfeignVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 illnessdet
8illnessillnessNOUNNumber=Sing6 feignedobj
9ininADP_10 ordercase
10orderorderNOUNNumber=Sing6 feignedobl
11totoPART_12 avoidmark
12avoidavoidVERBVerbForm=Inf6 feignedadvcl
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 classdet
14classclassNOUNNumber=Sing12 avoidobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feignought · perfect · passivethe childordertree rules
2avoidto-infinitivethe classvn 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

detnsubj:passauxmarkauxnmod:possobjadvmodcasenmod:possoblrootTheDETchildNOUNoughtAUXtoPARThaveAUXstatedVERBhisPRONunwillingnessNOUNopenlyADVtoADPhisPRONparentNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 childdet
2childchildNOUNNumber=Sing6 statednsubj:pass
3oughtoughtAUXVerbForm=Fin6 statedaux
4totoPART_6 statedmark
5havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf6 statedaux
6statedstateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 unwillingnessnmod:poss
8unwillingnessunwillingnessNOUNNumber=Sing6 statedobj
9openlyopenlyADV_6 statedadvmod
10totoADP_12 parentcase
11hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 parentnmod:poss
12parentparentNOUNNumber=Sing6 statedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1state speech: otherought · perfect · passivethe childto child's parent; openly propertytree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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