Exam question 4 · When the police come

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who was present and amused during the theft of a bicycle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, child · What happens: select, establish, concern, be · To what, where: response, child

This is exam question 4 of lesson 384 «When the police come» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 present	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 present	cop
14	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 child	acl:relcl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 amused	cc
16	amused	amused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 present	conj
17	during	during	ADP	_	19 theft	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 theft	det
19	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 present	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 bicycle	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 bicycle	det
22	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 theft	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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	a child			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
4	is	past	a child		during the theft of a bicycle	present property	tree rules
5	be		a child not said here				tree rules

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 child is thereby rendered criminally liable irrespective of age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rendered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rendered	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 rendered	advmod
5	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	criminally	criminally	ADV	_	7 liable	advmod
7	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rendered	xcomp
8	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	5 rendered	advmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 age	case
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rendered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present · passive		the child			of age	irrespective, liable, thereby property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme of age=Initial_Location

Option 2

Only the adult guardian may be questioned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	7 questioned	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guardian	det
3	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 guardian	amod
4	guardian	guardian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 questioned	nsubj:pass
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 questioned	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 questioned	aux:pass
7	questioned	question	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	question speech: other	may · passive		the adult guardian					vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

Presence without participation is beyond the interest of the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 interest	nsubj
2	without	without	ADP	_	3 participation	case
3	participation	participation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Presence	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 interest	cop
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	7 interest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 interest	det
7	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 police	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 police	det
10	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 interest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Presence without participation					beyond the interest; of the police	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Presence and encouragement may result in the child being questioned by the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 result	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 encouragement	cc
3	encouragement	encouragement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Presence	conj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 result	aux
5	result	result	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 result	obl
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 questioned	aux:pass
10	questioned	question	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 child	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 police	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 police	det
13	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 questioned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	result	may	Presence and encouragement					in the child	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in child=Location
2	question speech: other	gerund · passive	the police	the child not said here					vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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