Exam question 3 · Screen-time rules and arguments

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an appeal to the rules of another household?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: household · What happens: follow, characteris, rule · To what, where: appeal

This is exam question 3 of lesson 421 «Screen-time rules and arguments» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 appeal	det
10	appeal	appeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 rules	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rules	det
13	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 appeal	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 household	case
15	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 household	det
16	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rules	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a appeal	of the following statements; to the rules of another household; accurately property	tree rules
3	rule		another household			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

It constitutes the most effective form of argument

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 form	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 effective	advmod
5	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 form	amod
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 argument	case
8	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	the effective form of argument					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme form=Pivot
2	form			argument					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It obliges the parents to adopt the identical rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 obliges	nsubj
2	obliges	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parents	det
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 obliges	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 adopt	mark
6	adopt	adopt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliges	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rules	det
8	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rules	amod
9	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 adopt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present	It	the parents					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient
2	adopt	to-infinitive		the identical rules					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is unpersuasive, each family establishing its own rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unpersuasive	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unpersuasive	cop
3	unpersuasive	unpersuasive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 family	punct
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 family	det
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unpersuasive	obl
7	establishing	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 family	acl
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 rules	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rules	amod
10	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 establishing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		each family obl; unpersuasive property	tree rules
2	establish	gerund	each family not said here	family's own rules		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
3	rule		family			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is persuasive whenever the other child is older

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 persuasive	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 persuasive	cop
3	persuasive	persuasive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 older	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 older	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 older	cop
9	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 persuasive	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					persuasive property	tree rules
2	is	present	the other child					old, whenever property	tree rules

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