Exam question 2 · Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody expla…

Identify the most appropriate conduct of a child at a family celebration at which an adult relative has become intoxicated.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, adult relative · What happens: identify, become, intoxicate, conduct · To what, where: appropriate conduct, family celebration, child

This is exam question 2 of lesson 511 «Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody explains» 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	5 conduct	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conduct	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 celebration	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 celebration	det
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 celebration	compound
12	celebration	celebration	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 which	case
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 become	obl
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 relative	det
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 relative	compound
17	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 become	nsubj
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 become	aux
19	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 celebration	acl:relcl
20	intoxicated	intoxicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 become	xcomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct of a child	a family celebration	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	become	present · perfect	a adult relative		a family celebration	tree rules
3	intoxicate	participle	a adult relative not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	conduct			a child		nom conduct «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

To depart alone into the street until the celebration ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 depart	mark
2	depart	depart	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 depart	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 street	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 street	det
6	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depart	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 ends	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 celebration	det
9	celebration	celebration	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ends	nsubj
10	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 depart	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	to-infinitive				the street		alone property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into street=Initial_Location
2	end	present	the celebration						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

To remain beside the intoxicated relative to supervise him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beside	beside	ADP	_	6 relative	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 relative	det
5	intoxicated	intoxicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 relative	amod
6	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 supervise	mark
8	supervise	supervise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 remain	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 supervise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive		the intoxicated relative	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside relative=Location
2	intoxicate	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	supervise	to-infinitive	him = he		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To remain near a trusted adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remain	mark
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	near	near	ADP	_	6 adult	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
5	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 adult	amod
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive						near a trusted adult	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near adult=Location
2	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To dispose of all the remaining beverages without consent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 dispose	mark
2	dispose	dispose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 beverages	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 beverages	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beverages	det
6	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 beverages	amod
7	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dispose	obl
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 consent	case
9	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dispose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispose	to-infinitive						of all remaining beverages; without consent	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent

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