Exam question 4 · Mia gets the newest console

Whereas a pupil's residence has become popular among numerous new visitors, state the course of action most likely to preserve a long-standing friendship.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: residence · What happens: become, preserve, stand · To what, where: course, standing friendship

This is exam question 4 of lesson 396 «Mia gets the newest console» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	7 become	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 residence	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 pupil	case
5	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 become	nsubj
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 become	aux
7	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 preserve	advcl
8	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 become	xcomp
9	among	among	ADP	_	12 visitors	case
10	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 visitors	amod
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 visitors	amod
12	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 popular	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 state	punct
14	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 visitors	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 become	xcomp
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 action	case
18	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
19	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 likely	advmod
20	likely	likely	ADV	_	22 preserve	advmod
21	to	to	PART	_	22 preserve	mark
22	preserve	preserve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 friendship	det
24	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 standing	amod
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 long	punct
26	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 friendship	amod
27	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 preserve	obj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 preserve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	become	present · perfect	a pupil's residence	the course of action	popular property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	preserve	to-infinitive		a standing friendship	likely property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Beneficiary
3	stand	gerund				vn assuming_position-50 «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 · ← Mova's choice

The exclusion of all new visitors permanently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 exclusion	det
2	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 visitors	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 visitors	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 visitors	amod
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exclusion	nmod
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	6 visitors	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude			all new visitors					nom exclusion «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The provision of the console to the friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 console	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 console	det
5	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 friend	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide		the console					to the friend	nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent to=obl

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The reservation of time exclusively for the long-standing friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reservation	det
2	reservation	reservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 time	case
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reservation	nmod
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 time	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	11 friend	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 friend	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 standing	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 long	punct
10	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 friend	amod
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reservation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The cessation of all social gatherings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cessation	det
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 gatherings	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 gatherings	det
5	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gatherings	amod
6	gatherings	gathering	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cessation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease			all social gatherings					nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient

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