Exam question 4 · Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a boundary drawn across a shared bedroom.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, draw, share · To what, where: response, boundary, shared bedroom

This is exam question 4 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	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 boundary	det
11	boundary	boundary	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 boundary	acl
13	across	across	ADP	_	16 bedroom	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bedroom	det
15	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 bedroom	amod
16	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drawn	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 boundary			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boundary=Experiencer
4	draw	participle		a boundary not said here	a shared bedroom		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	share	participle					tree rules

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

It ought to favour whichever sibling drew it first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 favour	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 favour	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 favour	mark
4	favour	favour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	whichever	whichever	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sibling	compound
6	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drew	nsubj
7	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 favour	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 drew	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 favour	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	favour	ought	It					first property	tree rules
2	draw	past	whichever sibling	it					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

It is to be enforced irrespective of access to the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 enforced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 enforced	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 enforced	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 enforced	aux:pass
5	enforced	enforce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	5 enforced	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 access	case
8	access	access	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enforced	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 access	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enforce	present · passive		It				of access to the door; irrespective property	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It renders all further discussion of the room unnecessary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 further	advmod
4	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 discussion	amod
5	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 room	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 room	det
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discussion	nmod
9	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	further discussion of the room				unnecessary property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent discussion=Theme
2	discuss			the room					nom discussion «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It must be fair to both, so both can reach the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fair	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fair	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 fair	cop
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 both	case
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 fair	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reach	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 reach	advmod
9	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	11 reach	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 reach	aux
11	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fair	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 door	det
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					to both; fair property	tree rules
2	reach	can	both	the door					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent door=Theme

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