Exam question 1 · Jake and the head teacher

Identify the principal purpose of a card permitting a pupil to withdraw temporarily from a lesson upon becoming angry.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, card · What happens: identify, permit, withdraw, become, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose, pupil, lesson

This is exam question 1 of lesson 373 «Jake and the head teacher» 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 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 card	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 card	det
7	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
8	permitting	permit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 card	acl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 permitting	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 withdraw	mark
12	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 permitting	xcomp
13	temporarily	temporarily	ADV	_	12 withdraw	advmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 lesson	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 lesson	det
16	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 withdraw	obl
17	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	18 becoming	mark
18	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 withdraw	advcl
19	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 becoming	xcomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of a card			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	permit	gerund	a card not said here	a pupil			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer pupil=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	withdraw not said to happen	to-infinitive	a card not said here		a lesson	temporarily property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from lesson=Initial_Location
4	become	gerund	a card not said here			angry property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
5	purpose		a card				nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

To record the pupil's misconduct for the head teacher

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 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 misconduct	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 pupil	case
6	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 teacher	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 teacher	compound
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	to-infinitive		the pupil's misconduct				for the head teacher	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misconduct=Theme
2	misconduct		the pupil						nom misconduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To permit the pupil to regain composure before anger results in conflict

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 permit	mark
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 regain	mark
6	regain	regain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permit	xcomp
7	composure	composure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 regain	obj
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 results	case
9	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 results	compound
10	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 regain	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 conflict	case
12	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 regain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive		the pupil					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer pupil=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	regain not said to happen	to-infinitive		composure		conflict	before anger results		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent composure=Theme

Option 3

To permit the pupil to avoid those lessons which the pupil considers tedious

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 permit	mark
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 avoid	mark
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permit	advcl
7	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 lessons	det
8	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 avoid	obj
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 considers	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pupil	det
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 considers	nsubj
12	considers	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lessons	acl:relcl
13	tedious	tedious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 avoid	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive		the pupil		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme
2	avoid	to-infinitive		that lessons	tedious property	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent lesson=Location
3	consider	present	the pupil	that lessons		vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Attribute

Option 4

To signify that the pupil is in a position of authority

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 signify	mark
2	signify	signify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 position	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 position	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 position	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 position	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 position	det
9	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signify	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 authority	case
11	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 position	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	to-infinitive							vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the pupil			a position		of authority	tree rules

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