Exam question 2 · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school

Identify the principal purpose of state benefits as established in the lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, state benefits · What happens: identify, establish, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose, lesson

This is exam question 2 of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 benefits	case
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 benefits	compound
7	benefits	benefit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 purpose	nmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 established	mark
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 lesson	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lesson	det
12	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 established	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of state benefits		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	establish	participle	you not said here		the lesson	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	purpose		state benefits			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

To pay pupils for attendance at their schools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pay	mark
2	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pay	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 attendance	case
5	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pay	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 schools	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 schools	nmod:poss
8	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	to-infinitive		pupils		pupils's schools		for attendance	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pupil=Asset for attendance=Theme

Option 2

To provide sums which must be repaid to a bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 provide	mark
2	provide	provide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 provide	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 repaid	nsubj:pass
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 repaid	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 repaid	aux:pass
7	repaid	repay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sums	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 bank	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bank	det
10	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 repaid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	to-infinitive		sums					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sum=Theme
2	repay	must · passive		sums				to a bank	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To support persons unable to work, poorly paid, or caring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 support	mark
2	support	support	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 support	obj
4	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 support	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 work	mark
6	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unable	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 paid	punct
8	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	9 paid	advmod
9	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 support	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 caring	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 caring	cc
12	caring	care	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 support	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	support	to-infinitive	persons	unable property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus
2	work	to-infinitive			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pay	participle		poorly property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	care	gerund			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

To reward persons who decline employment without any reason whatever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 reward	mark
2	reward	reward	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reward	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 decline	nsubj
5	decline	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 persons	acl:relcl
6	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decline	obj
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 reason	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reward	obl
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 reward	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	to-infinitive		persons				without any reason	tree rules
2	decline	present	persons	employment					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employment=Theme

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