Exam question 3 · Comfortable families: enough, but not everything

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning differences in pocket money between families.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 490 «Comfortable families: enough, but not everything» 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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 differences	amod
10	differences	difference	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 money	case
12	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 money	compound
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 differences	nmod
14	between	between	ADP	_	15 families	case
15	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 money	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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

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

They are determined by the school and paid by the head teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 determined	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	aux:pass
3	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 school	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 school	det
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determined	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 paid	cc
8	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 determined	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 teacher	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 teacher	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 teacher	compound
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	the school	They					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	pay	participle	the school not said here					by the head teacher	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They reflect precisely the love each parent bears the child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reflect	nsubj
2	reflect	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	2 reflect	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 love	det
5	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reflect	obj
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 bears	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bears	compound
8	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reflect	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reflect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	They	the love				precisely property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are considerable and are no measure of parental affection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 considerable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 considerable	cop
3	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 measure	cc
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 measure	cop
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 measure	det
7	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 considerable	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 affection	case
9	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 affection	amod
10	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 measure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					considerable property	tree rules
2	is a	present	They not said here	no measure				of parental affection	tree rules

Option 4

They are prescribed by law and identical for children of an age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prescribed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prescribed	aux:pass
3	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 identical	cc
7	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prescribed	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 children	case
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prescribed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 age	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 age	det
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 children	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	present · passive	law	They				for children of a age	tree rules

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