Exam question 4 · Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pupil solicited by two quarrelling friends to take a side.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, solicit, quarrell, take · To what, where: response, pupil, side

This is exam question 4 of lesson 478 «Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else» 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	11 pupil	det
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	solicited	solicit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 pupil	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 friends	case
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 friends	nummod
15	quarrelling	quarrell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 friends	amod
16	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 solicited	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 take	mark
18	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 solicited	advcl
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 side	det
20	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 take	obj
21	.	.	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	a pupil		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer
4	solicit	participle		a pupil not said here	by two quarrelling friends	tree rules
5	quarrell	gerund				tree rules
6	take	to-infinitive		a side		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme

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

She must refer the matter to a court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 refer	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 refer	aux
3	refer	refer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 matter	det
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refer	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 court	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 court	det
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refer	must	She	the matter	a court				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent matter=Theme to court=Recipient

Option 2

She must abandon both friendships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 abandon	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 abandon	aux
3	abandon	abandon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 friendships	det
5	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 abandon	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	must	She	both friendships					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme friendship=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She is entitled to decline to take either side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 entitled	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 entitled	aux:pass
3	entitled	entitle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 decline	mark
5	decline	decline	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 entitled	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 take	mark
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 decline	xcomp
8	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	9 side	det
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	entitle	present · passive	She	tree rules
2	decline	to-infinitive		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not take	to-infinitive	either side	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme

Option 4

She is obliged to choose one party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 obliged	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 choose	mark
5	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 party	nummod
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 choose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		She					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	choose	to-infinitive		one party					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Theme

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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