Exam question 4 · The forged signature and how it always ends

Determine the most appropriate conduct of a pupil in possession of a notice requiring a parental signature in respect of uncompleted homework.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, notice · What happens: determine, require, conduct, possess, respect · To what, where: appropriate conduct, parental signature, respect, pupil, notice, uncompleted homework

This is exam question 4 of lesson 429 «The forged signature and how it always ends» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conduct	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 pupil	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 possession	case
10	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pupil	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 notice	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 notice	det
13	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 possession	nmod
14	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 notice	acl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 signature	det
16	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 signature	amod
17	signature	signature	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 requiring	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 respect	case
19	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 requiring	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 homework	case
21	uncompleted	uncompleted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 homework	amod
22	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 respect	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct of a pupil in possession of a notice		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	require	gerund	a notice not said here	a parental signature	respect of uncompleted homework	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme signature=Precondition
3	conduct			a pupil in possession of a notice		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient
4	possess			a notice		nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient
5	respect			uncompleted homework		nom respect «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

To conceal the notice until the deadline has passed

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 notice	det
4	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 passed	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 deadline	det
7	deadline	deadline	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 passed	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 passed	aux
9	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 conceal	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	to-infinitive		the notice					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Patient
2	pass	present · perfect · passive		the deadline					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory

Option 2

To sign the notice on the parent's behalf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sign	mark
2	sign	sign	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 notice	det
4	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sign	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 behalf	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 behalf	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 parent	case
9	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sign	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	to-infinitive		the notice		the parent's behalf			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent notice=Theme on behalf=Destination

Option 3

To report the notice as lost on the journey home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 report	mark
2	report	report	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 notice	det
4	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 report	obj
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 lost	mark
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 report	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 journey	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 journey	det
9	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	obl
10	home	home	ADV	_	2 report	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	to-infinitive		the notice				home property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Patient
2	lose	participle				the journey			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To deliver the notice to the parent for signature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deliver	mark
2	deliver	deliver	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 notice	det
4	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deliver	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 parent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deliver	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 signature	case
9	signature	signature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deliver	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	to-infinitive		the notice	the parent			for signature	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent notice=Theme to parent=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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