Exam question 3 · Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours

Given that a pupil is repeatedly asked by classmates to purchase snacks and game credit on their behalf, ascertain the most appropriate response.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: classmates, pupil · What happens: give, ask, purchase, ascertain · To what, where: pupil, snacks, behalf, appropriate response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 492 «Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours» 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	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 asked	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 asked	aux:pass
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	7 asked	advmod
7	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Given	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 classmates	case
9	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 asked	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 purchase	mark
11	purchase	purchase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asked	xcomp
12	snacks	snack	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 purchase	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 credit	cc
14	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 credit	compound
15	credit	credit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 snacks	conj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 behalf	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 behalf	nmod:poss
18	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 purchase	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 ascertain	punct
20	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 purchase	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 response	det
22	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	23 appropriate	advmod
23	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 response	amod
24	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 ascertain	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	participle					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	present · passive	classmates	a pupil		repeatedly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	purchase not said to happen	to-infinitive	a pupil not said here	snacks and game credit	snacks's behalf		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset snack=Theme
4	ascertain	infinitive	a pupil not said here	the appropriate response			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

To decline, and observe who remains a friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 decline	mark
2	decline	decline	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 observe	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 observe	cc
5	observe	observe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 decline	conj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 remains	nsubj
7	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 observe	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 friend	det
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	decline	to-infinitive		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	observe	infinitive		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	remain	present	a friend	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme friend=Attribute

Option 2

To request repayment with interest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 request	mark
2	request	request	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	repayment	repayment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 interest	case
5	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	to-infinitive		repayment				with interest	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent repayment=Recipient

Option 3

To purchase still more costly items

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 purchase	mark
2	purchase	purchase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	still	still	ADV	_	2 purchase	advmod
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 purchase	advmod
5	costly	costly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 items	amod
6	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 purchase	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	to-infinitive		costly items			still		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset item=Theme

Option 4

To comply, lest the classmates depart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 comply	mark
2	comply	comply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 depart	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 depart	punct
4	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	7 depart	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 classmates	det
6	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 depart	nsubj
7	depart	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comply	to-infinitive	the classmates not said here						tree rules
2	depart	present	the classmates						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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