Exam question 2 · Parents' rules for big games

Ascertain the method most likely to secure a favourable consideration of a request for a game by a child's parents.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, secure, consider · To what, where: method, favourable consideration, request

This is exam question 2 of lesson 404 «Parents' rules for big games» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 method	det
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADV	_	1 Ascertain	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 secure	mark
7	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ascertain	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 consideration	det
9	favourable	favourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 consideration	amod
10	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secure	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 request	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 request	det
13	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consideration	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 game	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 game	det
16	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 secure	obl
17	by	by	ADP	_	21 parents	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 child	det
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 parents	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 child	case
21	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 secure	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the method	likely property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Topic
2	secure	to-infinitive	you not said here	a favourable consideration of a request	for a game; by a child's parents	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition consideration=Theme for game=Beneficiary
3	consider			a request		nom consideration «cognition 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

Acquisition of the game without permission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 game	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Acquisition	nmod
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 permission	case
6	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 game	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire			the game without permission					nom acquisition «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Persistent repetition of the request, morning and evening, until acquiescence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persistent	persistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 repetition	amod
2	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 request	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 request	det
5	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repetition	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 morning	punct
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repetition	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 evening	cc
9	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repetition	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 acquiescence	punct
11	until	until	ADP	_	12 acquiescence	case
12	acquiescence	acquiescence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repetition	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat		the request						nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The calm presentation of reasons accompanied by acceptance of the decision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 presentation	det
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 presentation	amod
3	presentation	presentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 reasons	case
5	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 presentation	nmod
6	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 reasons	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 acceptance	case
8	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accompanied	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 decision	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 decision	det
11	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 acceptance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accompany	participle	reasons not said here	by acceptance of the decision	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by acceptance=Destination
2	present		reasons		nom presentation «act transitive»: of=patient
3	accept		the decision		nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Assertion that every peer possesses the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 possesses	obj
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 peer	det
4	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 possesses	nsubj
5	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Assertion	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 game	det
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 possesses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	every peer	Assertion					tree rules

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