Exam question 4 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the invocation of a grandparent's permissions in argument with a parent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, permissions, grandparent · What happens: select, establish, concern, invoke, permit · To what, where: response, invocation, argument

This is exam question 4 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	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	11 invocation	det
11	invocation	invocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 permissions	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 grandparent	det
14	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 permissions	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 grandparent	case
16	permissions	permission	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 invocation	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 argument	case
18	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 permissions	nmod
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 parent	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 parent	det
21	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 argument	nmod
22	.	.	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	the invocation of a grandparent's permissions in argument with a parent			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus invocation=Experiencer
4	invoke		a grandparent's permissions in argument with a parent				nom invocation «communication intransitive»: of=agent
5	permit		a grandparent		argument with a parent		nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent in=place

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 invariably secures the parent's consent

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 secures	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 secures	advmod
3	secures	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parent	det
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consent	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 parent	case
7	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secures	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	present	It	the parent's consent				invariably property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition consent=Theme
2	consent		the parent						nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It tends to provoke disputes

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 tends	nsubj
2	tends	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 provoke	mark
4	provoke	provoke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tends	xcomp
5	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 provoke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tend	present	It						tree rules
2	provoke	to-infinitive		disputes					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dispute=Experiencer

Option 3

It is without any consequence whatsoever

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 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	without	without	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 consequence	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					without any consequence; whatsoever property	tree rules

Option 4

It is recommended as a means of negotiation

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 recommended	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 recommended	aux:pass
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 means	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 recommended	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 negotiation	case
8	negotiation	negotiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recommend	present · passive		It					tree rules
2	mean	present	a					of negotiation	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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