Exam question 4 · The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other an…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the wearing of clothing formerly belonging to an elder sibling.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, wear, belong · To what, where: response, wearing clothing

This is exam question 4 of lesson 509 «The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs» 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	13 clothing	det
11	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 clothing	amod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 clothing	case
13	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	15 belonging	advmod
15	belonging	belong	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 concerning	advcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 sibling	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 sibling	det
18	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sibling	compound
19	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 belonging	obl
20	.	.	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 wearing clothing		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus clothing=Experiencer
4	wear	gerund				vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
5	belong	gerund	the established facts not said here		to a elder sibling; formerly property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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

It is a source of lasting disgrace to the wearer

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 source	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 source	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 source	det
4	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 disgrace	case
6	lasting	lasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 disgrace	amod
7	disgrace	disgrace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 source	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 wearer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wearer	det
10	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 source	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a source				of lasting disgrace; to the wearer	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is normal and economical

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	3 normal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	cop
3	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 economical	cc
5	economical	economical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 normal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					normal property	tree rules
2	be								tree rules

Option 3

It indicates that the wearer is not loved

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 loved	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wearer	det
5	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 loved	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 loved	aux:pass
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 loved	advmod
8	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	not love	present · passive		the wearer					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

It is prohibited by the regulations of most schools

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	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 regulations	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 regulations	det
6	regulations	regulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 schools	case
8	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 schools	amod
9	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 regulations	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	the regulations of most schools	It					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	regulate			most schools					nom regulation «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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