Exam question 2 · Every family is different

Given that a pupil resides in a children's home, identify the most appropriate conduct of a teacher in respect of Mother's Day cards.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, reside, identify, conduct, respect · To what, where: home, appropriate conduct, respect, teacher, Day cards

This is exam question 2 of lesson 486 «Every family is different» 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	5 resides	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 resides	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resides	nsubj
5	resides	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 identify	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 home	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 children	det
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 home	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 children	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resides	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 identify	punct
12	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 conduct	det
14	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	15 appropriate	advmod
15	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 conduct	amod
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 identify	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 teacher	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 teacher	det
19	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conduct	nmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 respect	case
21	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 identify	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	26 cards	case
23	Mother	Mother	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Day	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 Mother	case
25	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 cards	compound
26	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 respect	nmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	reside	present	a pupil		a children's home	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in home=Location
3	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct of a teacher	respect of Day cards	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
4	conduct			a teacher		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient
5	respect			Day cards		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

To announce the pupil's circumstances to the class as an example

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 announce	mark
2	announce	announce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 circumstances	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 pupil	case
6	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 announce	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 class	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announce	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 example	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 example	det
12	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announce	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce speech: other	to-infinitive		the pupil's circumstances	the class			as a example	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme to class=Recipient

Option 2

To exclude the pupil from the activity entirely and without remark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 exclude	mark
2	exclude	exclude	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exclude	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 activity	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 activity	det
7	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exclude	obl
8	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 exclude	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 entirely	cc
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 remark	case
11	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exclude	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	to-infinitive			the pupil	the activity		without remark; entirely property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer pupil=Beneficiary from activity=Eventuality

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

To permit the pupil to address the card to anyone who cares for him

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 address	mark
6	address	address	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permit	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 card	det
8	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 address	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 anyone	case
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 address	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 cares	nsubj
12	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 anyone	acl:relcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive	the pupil		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer pupil=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	address not said to happen	to-infinitive	the card	to anyone	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Destination
3	care	present		for pupil	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme

Option 4

To require the pupil to address the card to his birth mother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 require	mark
2	require	require	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 require	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 address	mark
6	address	address	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 require	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 card	det
8	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 address	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 mother	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mother	nmod:poss
11	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mother	compound
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 address	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	to-infinitive		the pupil					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pupil=Precondition
2	address	to-infinitive		the card				to pupil's birth mother	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Destination

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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