Exam question 2 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad

Identify the rule which ought to govern a child's conduct at the residence of a strict grandparent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, rule, child · What happens: identify, govern, conduct · To what, where: rule, conduct, residence

This is exam question 2 of lesson 512 «The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad» 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 rule	det
3	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 govern	nsubj
5	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 govern	aux
6	to	to	PART	_	7 govern	mark
7	govern	govern	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rule	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 child	case
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 govern	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 residence	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 residence	det
14	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 govern	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 grandparent	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 grandparent	det
17	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 grandparent	amod
18	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 residence	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the rule		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2	govern	ought	the rule	a child's conduct	the residence of a strict grandparent	vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
3	conduct		a child			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The rules of that house apply

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rules	det
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 apply	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rules	nmod
6	apply	apply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	infinitive	the rules of that house						vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	rule		that house						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

No rules apply at a grandparent's residence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 rules	det
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 apply	nsubj
3	apply	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	8 residence	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 grandparent	det
6	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 residence	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 grandparent	case
8	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 apply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	no rules			a grandparent's residence			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at residence=Destination

Option 3

The child may select whichever rule is most convenient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 select	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 select	aux
4	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	whichever	whichever	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rule	compound
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 convenient	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 convenient	cop
8	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	9 convenient	advmod
9	convenient	convenient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 select	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	may	the child						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	whichever rule					convenient property	tree rules

Option 4

The child's rules from home apply without exception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rules	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 child	case
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 apply	nsubj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 home	case
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rules	nmod
7	apply	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 exception	case
9	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 apply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	the child's rules from home					without exception	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	rule		the child			home			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

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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