Exam question 1 · Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises free school meals?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: free school meals

This is exam question 1 of lesson 487 «Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 meals	amod
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 meals	compound
11	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		free school meals				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A reward conferred solely upon pupils of exemplary conduct and attainment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 reward	det
2	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reward	acl
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 conferred	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 pupils	case
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conferred	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 conduct	case
8	exemplary	exemplary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 conduct	amod
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pupils	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 attainment	cc
11	attainment	attainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	participle		a reward not said here				upon pupils of exemplary conduct and attainment; solely property	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A penalty imposed upon families who have failed to settle their debts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 penalty	det
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 penalty	acl
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 families	case
5	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 imposed	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 failed	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 failed	aux
8	failed	fail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 families	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 settle	mark
10	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 failed	xcomp
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 debts	nmod:poss
12	debts	debt	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 settle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	impose	participle		a penalty not said here	upon families	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	fail	present · perfect	families			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	not settle	to-infinitive	families not said here	families's debts		vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme debt=Location

Option 3

A privilege reserved for the children of staff employed by the school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 privilege	det
2	privilege	privilege	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 privilege	acl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 children	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reserved	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 staff	case
8	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 children	nmod
9	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 staff	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 school	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 school	det
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	participle		a privilege not said here				for the children of staff	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for child=Beneficiary
2	employ	participle		staff not said here				by the school	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A fair provision for families of limited means, received by many pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 provision	det
2	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 provision	amod
3	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 families	case
5	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 provision	nmod
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 means	mark
7	limited	limited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 families	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 received	punct
10	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 provision	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 pupils	case
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pupils	amod
13	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 received	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	limited	families not said here					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Topic
2	receive	participle		a fair provision for families not said here				by many pupils	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by pupil=Location

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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