Exam question 3 · Twins and big families

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the preservation of order in households containing many children.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, households · What happens: select, establish, concern, contain, preserve · To what, where: response, preservation, many children, order

This is exam question 3 of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 preservation	det
11	preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 order	case
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 preservation	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 households	case
15	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 order	nmod
16	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 households	acl
17	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 children	amod
18	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 containing	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	the preservation of order in households		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus preservation=Experiencer
4	contain	gerund	households not said here	many children		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot child=Theme
5	preserve			order in households		nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Peace requires that no rules exist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 exist	mark
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 rules	det
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 exist	nsubj
6	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 requires	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Peace						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	exist	present	no rules						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Fair rules maintain peace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rules	amod
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 maintain	nsubj
3	maintain	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 maintain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	maintain	present	Fair rules	peace					vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent peace=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Order requires that each child dwell apart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 dwell	mark
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dwell	nsubj
6	dwell	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requires	xcomp
7	apart	apart	ADV	_	6 dwell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Order						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	dwell	infinitive	each child					apart property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Order is secured solely by raising the voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secured	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 secured	aux:pass
3	secured	secure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 secured	advmod
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 raising	mark
6	raising	raise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 secured	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 voice	det
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raising	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	present · passive		Order				solely property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	raise	gerund		the voice					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme

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