Exam question 2 · Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room

Identify the arrangement most conducive to the cessation of disputes concerning the use of a shared bathroom.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, disputes · What happens: identify, concern, share, cease, use · To what, where: arrangement, use, disputes, shared bathroom

This is exam question 2 of lesson 508 «Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 arrangement	det
3	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 conducive	advmod
5	conducive	conducive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 arrangement	amod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 cessation	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cessation	det
8	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conducive	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 disputes	case
10	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cessation	nmod
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 disputes	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 use	det
13	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 bathroom	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bathroom	det
16	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 bathroom	amod
17	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 use	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the arrangement	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent arrangement=Theme
2	concern	gerund	disputes not said here	the use of a shared bathroom	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus use=Experiencer
3	share	participle			tree rules
4	cease			disputes	nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient
5	use			a shared bathroom	nom use «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 · ← Mova's choice

The prohibition of bathroom use before school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 use	case
4	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	compound
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit			bathroom use			before school		nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient before=obl

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A fixed time allocation measured by a timer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 allocation	det
2	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 allocation	amod
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allocation	compound
4	allocation	allocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 allocation	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 timer	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 timer	det
8	timer	timer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 measured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	measure	participle		a fixed time allocation not said here				by a timer	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The admission of the strongest sibling first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 admission	det
2	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 sibling	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sibling	det
5	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 sibling	amod
6	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admission	nmod
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 sibling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit			the strongest sibling					nom admission «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The unrestricted use of the room by all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 use	det
2	unrestricted	unrestrict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 use	amod
3	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unrestrict	participle							tree rules
2	use			the room					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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