Exam question 2 · Copying game moves on a little brother

Identify the course of action required of an older child whose demonstration of a move has injured a younger sibling.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, demonstration · What happens: identify, require, injure, demonstrate · To what, where: course, action, younger sibling, move

This is exam question 2 of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 action	acl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 child	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
9	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 child	amod
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 required	obl
11	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	12 demonstration	nmod:poss
12	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 injured	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 move	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 move	det
15	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 demonstration	nmod
16	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 injured	aux
17	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 child	acl:relcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 sibling	det
19	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	20 sibling	amod
20	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 injured	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	require	participle		action not said here	of a older child	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	injure	present · perfect	demonstration of a move	a younger sibling		tree rules
4	demonstrate			a move		nom demonstration «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

To repeat the demonstration with greater care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 repeat	mark
2	repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 demonstration	det
4	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeat	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 care	case
6	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 care	amod
7	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	to-infinitive		the demonstration				with greater care	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent demonstration=Eventuality with care=Subeventuality

Option 2

To attribute the injury to the younger sibling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 attribute	mark
2	attribute	attribute	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 injury	det
4	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attribute	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 sibling	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sibling	det
7	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 sibling	amod
8	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attribute	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	to-infinitive		the injury				to the younger sibling	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To cease immediately, render assistance and summon an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cease	mark
2	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 cease	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 render	punct
5	render	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cease	advcl
6	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 render	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 summon	cc
8	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 cease	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 summon	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	cease	to-infinitive			immediately property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	render	present	assistance			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme
3	summon	infinitive		a adult		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To conceal the occurrence from all adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conceal	mark
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 occurrence	det
4	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 adults	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 adults	det
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	to-infinitive		the occurrence				from all adults	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent occurrence=Patient from adult=Beneficiary

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