Exam question 4 · Warm parents and strict parents

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child's request to alter a household rule.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, child · What happens: select, establish, concern, alter, request · To what, where: response, request, household rule

This is exam question 4 of lesson 493 «Warm parents and strict parents» 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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 request	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 child	case
13	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 alter	mark
15	alter	alter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 concerning	advcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 rule	det
17	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rule	compound
18	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 alter	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a child's request		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus request=Experiencer
4	alter	to-infinitive	the established facts not said here	a household rule		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
5	request		a child			nom request «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

A calm proposal of terms is more effective than shouting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 proposal	det
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 proposal	amod
3	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 effective	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 terms	case
5	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 proposal	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 effective	cop
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 effective	advmod
8	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	than	than	SCONJ	_	10 shouting	mark
10	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 effective	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	a calm proposal of terms	effective property	tree rules
2	shout speech: express	gerund	a calm proposal of terms not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	propose		terms		nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Shouting is the most effective means of altering a rule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 means	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 effective	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 effective	advmod
5	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 altering	mark
8	altering	alter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 means	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rule	det
10	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 altering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Shouting					mean property	tree rules
2	alter	gerund	Shouting not said here	a rule					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rule=Patient

Option 3

The child must first secure the agreement of a friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 secure	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 secure	aux
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 secure	advmod
5	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 agreement	det
7	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 secure	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 friend	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 friend	det
10	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 agreement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	must	the child	the agreement of a friend				first property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition agreement=Theme
2	agree		a friend						nom agreement «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Rules cannot be altered by any means whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 altered	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 altered	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 altered	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 altered	aux:pass
5	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 means	mark
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 altered	ccomp
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	PronType=Int	8 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not alter	can · passive		Rules					tree rules
2	mean	present	any	whatsoever					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatsoever=Topic

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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