Exam question 4 · Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody expla…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a document termed a will.

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

This is exam question 4 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	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 document	det
11	document	document	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 termed	nsubj
12	termed	term	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 concerning	ccomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 will	det
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 termed	advcl
15	.	.	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			tree rules
4	term	past	a document			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

It states who receives a person's possessions after death

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 states	nsubj
2	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 receives	nsubj
4	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 states	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 possessions	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 person	case
8	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 receives	obj
9	after	after	ADP	_	10 death	case
10	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 receives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	It			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	receive	present		a person's possessions	after death	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme
3	possess		a person			nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It records the wishes of a child for birthday presents

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 records	nsubj
2	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wishes	det
4	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 records	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wishes	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 presents	case
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 presents	compound
10	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 records	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	It	the wishes of a child				for birthday presents	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme
2	wish		a child						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

It sets out the arrangements for a forthcoming party

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 sets	nsubj
2	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 sets	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arrangements	det
5	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sets	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 party	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 party	det
8	forthcoming	forthcoming	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 party	compound
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set out	present	It	the arrangements				for a forthcoming party	tree rules

Option 4

It is a formal complaint lodged against a relative

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 complaint	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 complaint	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 complaint	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 complaint	amod
5	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	lodged	lodge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 complaint	acl
7	against	against	ADP	_	9 relative	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 relative	det
9	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lodged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a formal complaint					tree rules
2	lodge	participle		a formal complaint not said here		a relative			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against relative=Destination

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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