Exam question 2 · Fighting games at a friend's house

Ascertain whose regulations govern the activities of a minor visiting the residence of a peer in the absence of the peer's parents.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, regulations, minor · What happens: ascertain, govern, visit, absent · To what, where: activities, residence, parents

This is exam question 2 of lesson 401 «Fighting games at a friend's house» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	3 regulations	nmod:poss
3	regulations	regulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 govern	nsubj
4	govern	govern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 activities	det
6	activities	activity	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 govern	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 minor	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 minor	det
9	minor	minor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 activities	nmod
10	visiting	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 minor	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 residence	det
12	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 visiting	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 peer	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 peer	det
15	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 residence	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 absence	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 absence	det
18	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 peer	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	23 parents	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 peer	det
21	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 parents	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 peer	case
23	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 absence	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here		vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	govern	present	regulations	the activities of a minor	vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent activity=Theme
3	visit	gerund	a minor not said here	the residence of a peer in the absence of the peer's parents	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent residence=Co-Agent
4	absent			the peer's parents	nom absence «state 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Those established by the minor's own parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	root	root
2	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Those	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	8 parents	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 minor	det
5	minor	minor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parents	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 minor	case
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 parents	amod
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 established	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	participle						by the minor's own parents	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

Those determined by the eldest sibling present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	root	root
2	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Those	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	7 present	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 present	det
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 present	amod
6	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 present	compound
7	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	participle						by the eldest sibling present	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Those prevailing in no particular household whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 prevailing	nsubj
2	prevailing	prevail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 household	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 household	det
5	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 household	amod
6	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevailing	obl
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 prevailing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevail	gerund	Those			no particular household		whatsoever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in household=Location

Option 4

Those proposed by the owner of the console in question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	root	root
2	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Those	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 owner	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 owner	det
5	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proposed	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 console	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 console	det
8	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owner	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 question	case
10	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Those	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	participle						by the owner of the console	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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