Exam question 2 · Mum's card: game money is real money

Whereas a minor has made a purchase without permission, select the response most consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: make, select, establish · To what, where: minor, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 414 «Mum's card: game money is real money» 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	_	5 made	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 minor	det
3	minor	minor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 select	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 purchase	det
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 permission	case
9	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct
11	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 response	det
13	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 select	obj
14	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	15 consistent	advmod
15	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 response	amod
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 guidance	case
17	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 guidance	amod
18	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 consistent	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present · perfect · passive		a minor	without permission	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary purchase=Product
2	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
3	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

The minor ought to conceal the purchase and await events with patience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 minor	det
2	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conceal	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 conceal	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 conceal	mark
5	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purchase	det
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conceal	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 await	cc
9	await	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 conceal	conj
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 await	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 patience	case
12	patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 await	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	ought	the minor	the purchase					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purchase=Patient
2	await	present	the minor not said here	events				with patience	tree rules

Option 2

The minor ought to attribute the purchase to a sibling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 minor	det
2	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 attribute	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 attribute	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 attribute	mark
5	attribute	attribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purchase	det
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attribute	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 sibling	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sibling	det
10	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attribute	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	ought	the minor	the purchase				to a sibling	tree rules

Option 3

The minor ought to make further purchases of equal value

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 minor	det
2	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 purchases	amod
7	purchases	purchase	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 value	case
9	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 value	amod
10	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 purchases	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	ought	the minor	further purchases of equal value					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset purchase=Product
2	purchase			equal value					nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The minor ought to disclose the purchase to a parent before its discovery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 minor	det
2	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 disclose	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 disclose	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 disclose	mark
5	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purchase	det
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclose	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 parent	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 parent	det
10	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclose	obl
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 discovery	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 discovery	nmod:poss
13	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disclose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	ought	the minor	the purchase	a parent		before parent's discovery		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent purchase=Topic to parent=Recipient
2	discover		parent						nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent

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