Exam question 1 · Big kids, little kids and the truth at home

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the assertion «Mother said so» employed by an elder sibling to obtain a younger sibling's possessions.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, response, younger sibling · What happens: select, establish, concern, say, employ, obtain · To what, where: assertion, possessions · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» 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	14 said	nsubj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 assertion	det
11	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 Mother	punct
13	Mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 assertion	conj
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	parataxis
15	so	so	ADV	_	14 said	advmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 said	punct
17	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 said	xcomp
18	by	by	ADP	_	21 sibling	case
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 sibling	det
20	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 sibling	amod
21	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 employed	obl
22	to	to	PART	_	23 obtain	mark
23	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 employed	advcl
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 sibling	det
25	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	26 sibling	amod
26	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 possessions	nmod:poss
27	's	's	PART	_	26 sibling	case
28	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 obtain	obj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the assertion and Mother		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assertion=Experiencer
4	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the response			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	employ	participle	the response not said here		by a elder sibling	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	obtain	to-infinitive	the response not said here	a younger sibling's possessions		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset possession=Theme
7	possess		a younger sibling			nom possession «act transitive»: poss=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 cannot be verified by any means available to a child

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	5 verified	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 verified	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 verified	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 verified	aux:pass
5	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 means	nsubj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 any	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 verified	obl
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 means	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 child	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 available	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not verify	can · passive		It				by any	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	mean	present						available property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is binding upon the younger sibling

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 binding	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 binding	aux
3	binding	bind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 sibling	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sibling	det
6	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 sibling	amod
7	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 binding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	present · progressive	It					upon the younger sibling	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It may be verified by applying to the mother, whereupon the falsehood is exposed

The tree, 14 words

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	4 verified	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 verified	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 verified	aux:pass
4	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 applying	mark
6	applying	apply	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 verified	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 mother	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mother	det
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 applying	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 exposed	punct
11	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	15 exposed	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 falsehood	det
13	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 exposed	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 exposed	aux:pass
15	exposed	expose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 verified	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	verify	may · passive	It		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	apply	gerund		to the mother	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	expose	present · passive	the falsehood	whereupon property	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is always to be accepted without question by the younger sibling

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	6 accepted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 accepted	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 accepted	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	6 accepted	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 accepted	aux:pass
6	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 question	case
8	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accepted	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 sibling	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sibling	det
11	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 sibling	amod
12	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accepted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · passive		It				without question; by the younger sibling; accept, always property	tree rules

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