Exam question 2 · Time, routines and sleep

It being given that a child must depart at eight o'clock, identify the method by which punctuality is best assured.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, method · What happens: give, depart, identify, be, assure · To what, where: It, eight o'clock

This is exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Time, routines and sleep» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 depart	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 depart	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 depart	aux
8	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	advcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 o'clock	case
10	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 o'clock	nummod
11	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 depart	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 identify	punct
13	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 depart	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 method	det
15	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 best	nsubj
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 punctuality	case
17	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	18 punctuality	det
18	punctuality	punctuality	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 method	nmod
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 best	cop
20	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 identify	parataxis
21	assured	assure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 best	acl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	depart	must	a child		eight o'clock		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	identify	infinitive	a child not said here				vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	present	the method by which punctuality			good property	tree rules
5	assure	participle					vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition

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 right answer

Planning backward from the time of departure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Planning	plan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	backward	backward	ADV	_	1 Planning	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 time	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Planning	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 departure	case
7	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	gerund					time	backward property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Waiting until reminded by an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 reminded	nsubj:pass
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	1 Waiting	obl
3	reminded	remind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 adult	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reminded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	remind speech: other	participle · passive	a adult						vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 3

Commencing preparations at the time of departure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Commencing	commence	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	preparations	preparation	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Commencing	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 time	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Commencing	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 departure	case
7	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	gerund		preparations			time		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preparation=Eventuality

Option 4

Preparing items in a random order

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Preparing	prepare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Preparing	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 order	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 order	det
5	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 order	amod
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Preparing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	gerund		items		a random order			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Patient

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