Exam question 4 · Joining a game, and the shy kid

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a shy child at a social gathering.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, shy child, social gathering

This is exam question 4 of lesson 466 «Joining a game, and the shy kid» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 child	det
11	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 child	amod
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 gathering	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 gathering	det
15	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 gathering	amod
16	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	a shy child	a social gathering		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=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

The child should be informed that shyness is a fault

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 informed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 informed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 informed	aux:pass
5	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 fault	mark
7	shyness	shyness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fault	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fault	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fault	det
10	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 informed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	should · passive		the child					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	is a	present	shyness	a fault					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The assignment of a small task may assist the child in conversing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assignment	det
2	assignment	assignment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 assist	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 task	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 task	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 task	amod
6	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assignment	nmod
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 assist	aux
8	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 assist	obj
11	in	in	SCONJ	_	12 conversing	mark
12	conversing	converse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 assist	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	assist	may	the assignment of a small task		the child	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary
2	converse speech: other	gerund	the assignment of a small task not said here			vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	assign			a small task		nom assignment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The child should be compelled to perform before the guests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 compelled	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 compelled	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 compelled	aux:pass
5	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 perform	mark
7	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 compelled	xcomp
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 guests	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 guests	det
10	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 perform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	should · passive		the child					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	perform	to-infinitive					before the guests		vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The child should be left undisturbed in isolation throughout the gathering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	undisturbed	undisturbed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 left	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 isolation	case
8	isolation	isolation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl
9	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	11 gathering	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gathering	det
11	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	should · passive		the child		isolation	throughout the gathering	undisturbed property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in isolation=Location

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