Exam question 1 · A stranger's story

Identify the principal reason for which a family password is employed.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, employ · To what, where: principal reason, family password

This is exam question 1 of lesson 446 «A stranger's story» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 employed	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 password	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 password	compound
9	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 employed	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 employed	aux:pass
11	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	employ	present · passive		a family password				for the principal reason	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for which=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

To enable a child to verify that a person has been sent by the family

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 enable	mark
2	enable	enable	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enable	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 verify	mark
6	verify	verify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enable	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 sent	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	nsubj:pass
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sent	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 sent	aux:pass
12	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 verify	ccomp
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 family	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 family	det
15	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	enable	to-infinitive		a child	tree rules
2	verify	to-infinitive	a child not said here		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
3	send	present · perfect · passive	the family	a person	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To prevent the child from speaking to teachers about family matters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prevent	mark
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 speaking	mark
6	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevent	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 teachers	case
8	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 speaking	obl
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 matters	case
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 matters	compound
11	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 speaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	to-infinitive		the child					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer child=Theme
2	speak speech: other	gerund						to teachers; about family matters	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent to teacher=Co-Agent about matter=Topic

Option 3

To permit access to the family's computer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive		access				to the family's computer	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent access=Theme

Option 4

To identify the family to the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 identify	mark
2	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identify	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 police	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 police	det
7	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 identify	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	to-infinitive		the family				to the police	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent family=Theme to police=be'

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