Exam question 3 · The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door

Given that a child has accidentally broken a pane of a neighbour's greenhouse, select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, break, select, establish · To what, where: child, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 broken	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 broken	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 broken	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 broken	aux
6	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	_	7 broken	advmod
7	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 select	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pane	det
9	pane	pane	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 broken	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 greenhouse	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 neighbour	det
12	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 greenhouse	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 neighbour	case
14	greenhouse	greenhouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pane	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 broken	punct
16	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 response	det
18	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 select	obj
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 response	amod
20	with	with	ADP	_	23 facts	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 facts	det
22	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 facts	amod
23	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 consistent	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	break	present · perfect · passive		a child	accidentally property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient pane=Result
3	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

To return, confess and apologise is preferable to concealment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 return	mark
2	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 preferable	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 confess	punct
4	confess	confess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 return	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 apologise	cc
6	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 return	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 preferable	cop
8	preferable	preferable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 concealment	case
10	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 preferable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	return	to-infinitive		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	confess	infinitive		vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	apologise speech: apologize	infinitive		tree rules
4	is	present	to concealment; preferable property	tree rules

Option 2

The neighbour bears responsibility for the breakage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 responsibility	det
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bears	compound
3	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 responsibility	compound
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 breakage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 breakage	det
7	breakage	breakage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsibility	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Flight renders the child less likely to be suspected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 likely	advmod
6	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	9 suspected	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 suspected	aux:pass
9	suspected	suspect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 likely	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	Flight	the child				likely property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	suspect	to-infinitive · passive	Flight not said here						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»

Option 4

Concealment beneath one's bed resolves the matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 resolves	nsubj
2	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 bed	case
3	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bed	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 one	case
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concealment	nmod
6	resolves	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 matter	det
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 resolves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	present	Concealment beneath one's bed	the matter					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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