Exam question 3 · Big brothers

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning comparisons drawn by teachers between siblings.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, draw · To what, where: response, concerning comparisons

This is exam question 3 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» 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 comparisons	amod
10	comparisons	comparison	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 comparisons	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 teachers	case
13	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 drawn	obl
14	between	between	ADP	_	15 siblings	case
15	siblings	sibling	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 drawn	obl
16	.	.	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	draw	participle		concerning comparisons not said here	by teachers; between siblings	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

A pupil may not raise such a matter with a member of staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raise	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 raise	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 raise	advmod
5	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	8 matter	det:predet
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 matter	det
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raise	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 member	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 member	det
11	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raise	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 staff	case
13	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 member	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not raise	may	a pupil	such matter				with a member of staff	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent matter=Patient with member=Instrument

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such comparisons are unfair, and a fresh start may be requested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 comparisons	amod
2	comparisons	comparison	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 unfair	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unfair	cop
4	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 requested	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 requested	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 start	det
8	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 start	amod
9	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 requested	nsubj:pass
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 requested	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 requested	aux:pass
12	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 unfair	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such comparisons					unfair property	tree rules
2	request	may · passive		a fresh start					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

A younger sibling is obliged to resemble the elder in all respects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sibling	det
2	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 sibling	amod
3	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obliged	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 obliged	aux:pass
5	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 resemble	mark
7	resemble	resemble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 obliged	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 elder	det
9	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resemble	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 respects	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 respects	det
12	respects	respects	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 resemble	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		a younger sibling					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	resemble	to-infinitive		the elder		all respects			tree rules

Option 4

Such comparisons are invariably accurate and must be accepted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 comparisons	amod
2	comparisons	comparison	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 accurate	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 accurate	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 accurate	advmod
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 accepted	cc
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 accepted	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 accepted	aux:pass
9	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 accurate	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such comparisons					accurate, invariably property	tree rules
2	accept	must · passive	Such comparisons not said here						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»

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