Exam question 2 · Funny pranks

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the concealment of a parent's car keys by way of jest.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, conceal · To what, where: response, concealment, car keys

This is exam question 2 of lesson 438 «Funny pranks» 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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 concealment	det
11	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 keys	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 parent	det
14	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 car	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 parent	case
16	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 keys	compound
17	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concealment	nmod
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 way	case
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 jest	case
21	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 way	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the concealment of car keys	by way of jest	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus concealment=Experiencer
4	conceal			car keys		nom concealment «state 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 · ✓ the right answer

It may cause the parent to be late for engagements of importance

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 cause	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	aux
3	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parent	det
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 late	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 late	cop
8	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cause	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 engagements	case
10	engagements	engagement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 late	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 importance	case
12	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 engagements	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	may	It	the parent		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition parent=Patient
2	is	to-infinitive			for engagements of importance; late property	tree rules
3	engage		importance			nom engagement «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It is the most suitable form of prank

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 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 form	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 form	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 suitable	advmod
5	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 form	amod
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 prank	case
8	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the suitable form				of prank	tree rules

Option 3

It improves the punctuality of the parent

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 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 punctuality	det
4	punctuality	punctuality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 parent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punctuality	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the punctuality of the parent					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent punctuality=Patient

Option 4

It is invariably harmless, keys being readily found in the household

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 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 harmless	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 harmless	advmod
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 found	punct
6	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 found	nsubj:pass
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 found	aux:pass
8	readily	readily	ADV	_	9 found	advmod
9	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 harmless	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 household	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 household	det
12	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmless, invariably property	tree rules
2	find	gerund · passive		keys		the household		readily property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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