Exam question 4 · Parents' rules for big games

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning parental controls upon game consoles.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 controls	amod
10	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 controls	amod
11	controls	control	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	appos
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 consoles	case
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consoles	compound
14	consoles	console	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 controls	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response				consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

They permit children to bypass age classifications

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 permit	nsubj
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 permit	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bypass	mark
5	bypass	bypass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permit	advcl
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 classifications	compound
7	classifications	classification	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bypass	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	They	children					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	bypass	to-infinitive	They not said here	age classifications					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They may restrict games by age classification and notify parents of downloads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 restrict	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 restrict	aux
3	restrict	restrict	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 restrict	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 classification	case
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 classification	compound
7	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restrict	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 notify	cc
9	notify	notify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 restrict	conj
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 notify	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 downloads	case
12	downloads	download	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 parents	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict	may	They	games				by age classification	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer game=Patient
2	notify speech: other	infinitive	They not said here		parents of downloads				vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 3

They are incapable of restricting any game, whatever its age classification may be

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 incapable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 restricting	mark
5	restricting	restrict	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 incapable	advcl
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 game	det
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 restricting	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 whatever	punct
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 incapable	parataxis
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 classification	nmod:poss
11	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 classification	compound
12	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 whatever	nsubj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 be	aux
14	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 incapable	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	They		incapable property	tree rules
2	restrict	gerund	They not said here	any game		vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer game=Patient
3	be	may	They not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	classify		game			nom classification «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

They are available solely to the manufacturers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 available	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 available	cop
3	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 available	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 manufacturers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manufacturers	det
7	manufacturers	manufacturer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 available	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					to the manufacturers; available, solely property	tree rules

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