Exam question 3 · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

Ascertain the most appropriate provision for a child who returns from school to an unoccupied dwelling for a period.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: ascertain, return · To what, where: appropriate provision, school

This is exam question 3 of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 provision	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 provision	amod
5	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 provision	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 returns	nsubj
10	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 child	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 school	case
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 returns	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 dwelling	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 dwelling	det
15	unoccupied	unoccupied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 dwelling	amod
16	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 returns	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 period	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 period	det
19	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 returns	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate provision				for a child	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition provision=Theme for child=Beneficiary
2	return	present	a child			school		to a unoccupied dwelling result; for a period	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient from school=Initial_State to dwelling=Result

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 prohibition of all contact with any adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 contact	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 contact	det
5	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 adult	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contact	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit			all contact with any adult					nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

No provision of any kind being considered necessary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 considered	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 kind	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 kind	det
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 considered	aux:pass
7	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 considered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consider	gerund · passive		no provision of any kind				necessary property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
2	provide		any kind						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The requirement to remain outdoors until dusk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 requirement	det
2	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 remain	mark
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requirement	acl
5	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	4 remain	advmod
6	until	until	ADP	_	7 dusk	case
7	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	to-infinitive					dusk	outdoors property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Knowledge of a trusted neighbour or adult to call

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 neighbour	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 neighbour	det
4	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 neighbour	amod
5	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Knowledge	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 adult	cc
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 neighbour	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 call	mark
9	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Knowledge	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	call	to-infinitive							vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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