Exam question 2 · Speaking up is bravery too

Identify the principal function of a worry box in a primary school.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 2 of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 box	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 box	det
7	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 box	compound
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 school	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 school	det
11	primary	primary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 school	amod
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 box	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of a worry box in a primary school					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme

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

To enable pupils to report concerns safely to staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 enable	mark
2	enable	enable	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 enable	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 report	mark
5	report	report	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enable	xcomp
6	concerns	concern	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 report	obj
7	safely	safely	ADV	_	5 report	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 staff	case
9	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 report	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enable	to-infinitive		pupils					tree rules
2	report	to-infinitive	pupils not said here	concerns	staff			safely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent concern=Topic to staff=Recipient

Option 2

To store articles of lost property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 store	mark
2	store	store	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 store	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 property	case
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 property	amod
6	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 articles	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	store	to-infinitive	articles of lost property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent article=Theme
2	lose	participle		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	article		lost property	nom article «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

To record the results of examinations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 record	mark
2	record	record	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 results	det
4	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 record	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 examinations	case
6	examinations	examination	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 results	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	to-infinitive		the results of examinations					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme
2	result			examinations					nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

To collect pupils' contributions towards the cost of school excursions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 collect	mark
2	collect	collect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 contributions	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 pupils	case
5	contributions	contribution	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collect	obj
6	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 cost	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cost	det
8	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collect	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 excursions	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 excursions	compound
11	excursions	excursion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cost	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	collect	to-infinitive		pupils's contributions	towards the cost of school excursions	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contribution=Theme
2	contribute		pupils			nom contribution «act transitive»: poss=agent
3	cost			school excursions		nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

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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