Exam question 3 · Boys who look at Maddie oddly

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the obligations of a child who is the object of another child's fondness.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, child · What happens: select, establish, concern, be, obligate · To what, where: response, obligations, object, child

This is exam question 3 of lesson 389 «Boys who look at Maddie oddly» 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 obligations	det
11	obligations	obligation	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 obligations	nmod
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 object	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 object	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 object	det
18	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 child	acl:relcl
19	of	of	ADP	_	23 fondness	case
20	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	21 child	det
21	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 fondness	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 child	case
23	fondness	fondness	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 object	nmod
24	.	.	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	the obligations of a child		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus obligation=Experiencer
4	is a	present	a child	the object	of another child's fondness	tree rules
5	obligate			a child		nom obligation «act transitive»: of=patient

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

She is under no obligation to return the fondness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 obligation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 obligation	cop
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 obligation	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 obligation	det
5	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 return	mark
7	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 obligation	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fondness	det
9	fondness	fondness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 return	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			no obligation			tree rules
2	return	to-infinitive		the fondness					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fondness=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She is obliged to return the fondness if it is declared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 obliged	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 return	mark
5	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fondness	det
7	fondness	fondness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 return	obj
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 declared	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 declared	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 declared	aux:pass
11	declared	declare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 return	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive	She	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	return	to-infinitive	the fondness	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fondness=Theme
3	declare speech: other a condition, not said to happen	present · passive	fondness	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute

Option 3

She is obliged to declare her own preferences when asked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 obliged	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 declare	mark
5	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 preferences	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 preferences	amod
8	preferences	preference	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 declare	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 asked	advmod
10	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 declare	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		She	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	declare speech: other	to-infinitive		her own preferences	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preference=Attribute
3	ask speech: ask	participle			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	prefer		her = she		nom preference «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She is obliged to accept any invitation extended to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 obliged	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 extended	advcl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 accept	mark
5	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 invitation	det
7	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accept	obj
8	extended	extend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 extended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive	She		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	accept	to-infinitive	any invitation		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme
3	extend	past		her = she	vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient

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