Exam question 4 · How best friends start

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of many friendships.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 4 of lesson 461 «How best friends start» 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 origin	det
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 friendships	case
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 friendships	amod
14	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 origin	nmod
15	.	.	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 origin of many friendships		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer

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

They arise only between pupils of equal ability

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 arise	nsubj
2	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 pupils	advmod
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 pupils	case
5	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arise	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 ability	case
7	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ability	amod
8	ability	ability	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pupils	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	They	pupils of equal ability					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pupil=Theme

Option 2

They arise solely from shared adventures of great danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 arise	nsubj
2	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 arise	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 adventures	case
5	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 adventures	amod
6	adventures	adventure	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arise	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 danger	case
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 danger	amod
9	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adventures	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	arise	present	They		shared adventures of great danger	solely property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	share	participle					tree rules
3	adventure			great danger			nom adventure «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

They are invariably arranged by teachers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 arranged	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 arranged	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 arranged	advmod
4	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 teachers	case
6	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 arranged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	present · passive	teachers	They				invariably property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They frequently arise from small shared moments

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 arise	nsubj
2	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	3 arise	advmod
3	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 moments	case
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 moments	amod
6	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 moments	amod
7	moments	moment	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 arise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	They				moment	frequently property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	share	participle							tree rules

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