Exam question 4 · Maddie the tomboy

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning friendship between children of markedly differing temperaments.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, differ · To what, where: response, friendship

This is exam question 4 of lesson 378 «Maddie the tomboy» 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	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 children	case
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 temperaments	case
14	markedly	markedly	ADV	_	15 differing	advmod
15	differing	differ	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 temperaments	amod
16	temperaments	temperament	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 children	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	friendship	between children of differing temperaments	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friendship=Experiencer
4	differ	gerund			markedly property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Such friendships may be close and mutually beneficial

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 friendships	amod
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 close	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 close	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 close	cop
5	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 beneficial	cc
7	mutually	mutually	ADV	_	8 beneficial	advmod
8	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 close	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	may	Such friendships					close property	tree rules
2	be		Such friendships not said here					mutually property	tree rules

Option 2

Such friendships are invariably short-lived

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 friendships	amod
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 invariably	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 invariably	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lived	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 short	punct
7	lived	live	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 invariably	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such friendships					invariably property	tree rules
2	live	participle	Such friendships not said here						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Such friendships require both of the parties to change their natures entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 friendships	amod
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 require	nsubj
3	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 require	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 parties	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parties	det
7	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 both	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 change	mark
9	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 require	advcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 natures	nmod:poss
11	natures	nature	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 change	obj
12	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	9 change	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Such friendships	both					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme both=Precondition
2	change	to-infinitive	Such friendships not said here	friendships's natures				entirely property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Patient

Option 4

Such friendships are prohibited in schools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 friendships	amod
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 schools	case
6	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Such friendships		schools			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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