Exam question 3 · Jake and the head teacher

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the summoning of a parent to school on account of a child's misconduct.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, child · What happens: select, establish, concern, summon, account, misconduct · To what, where: response, summoning, account, parent, misconduct

This is exam question 3 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	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	11 summoning	det
11	summoning	summoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 parent	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 parent	det
14	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 summoning	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 school	case
16	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 parent	nmod
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 account	case
18	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	23 misconduct	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 child	det
21	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 misconduct	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 child	case
23	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 account	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 summoning of a parent to school	account of a child's misconduct		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus summoning=Experiencer
4	summon			a parent to school			nom summoning «cognition transitive»: of=patient
5	account			a child's misconduct			nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
6	misconduct		a child				nom misconduct «act transitive»: poss=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

It is without cost of any kind to the family

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	4 cost	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cost	cop
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 cost	case
4	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 kind	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cost	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 family	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 family	det
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					without cost; of any kind to the family	tree rules

Option 2

It invariably results in the child's expulsion

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 results	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 results	advmod
3	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 expulsion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expulsion	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 child	case
8	expulsion	expulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 results	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expel		the child						nom expulsion «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is undertaken solely for the amusement of the parent who is summoned to school

The tree, 15 words

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 undertaken	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 undertaken	aux:pass
3	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 undertaken	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 amusement	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 amusement	det
7	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 undertaken	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 parent	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parent	det
10	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 amusement	nmod
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 summoned	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 summoned	aux:pass
13	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 parent	acl:relcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 school	case
15	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 summoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	undertake	present · passive	It	for the amusement of the parent; solely property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	summon	present · passive	the parent	to school	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
3	amuse		the parent		nom amusement «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It may occasion the parent a loss of working time and of earnings

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 occasion	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 occasion	aux
3	occasion	occasion	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parent	det
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occasion	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 loss	det
7	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 time	nmod:poss
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 working	mark
9	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 loss	acl
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occasion	obl:unmarked
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 earnings	cc
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 earnings	case
13	earnings	earning	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 time	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	may	It	the parent			time		tree rules
2	work	gerund	a loss not said here						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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