Exam question 4 · Living in a children's home

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the rules of a children's home.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, home · What happens: select, establish, concern, rule · To what, where: response, rules

This is exam question 4 of lesson 520 «Living in a children's home» 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 rules	det
11	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 home	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 children	det
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 home	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 children	case
16	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rules	nmod
17	.	.	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	the rules of a children's home		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rule=Experiencer
4	rule		a children's home			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=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

They exist for the safety of the children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 exist	nsubj
2	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 safety	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 safety	det
5	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exist	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 children	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 children	det
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 safety	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	They					for the safety of the children	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They serve solely the convenience of the staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 serve	nsubj
2	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	5 convenience	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 convenience	det
5	convenience	convenience	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serve	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 staff	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 staff	det
8	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 convenience	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	They	the convenience of the staff					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent convenience=Attribute

Option 3

They exist as a penalty for entering care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 exist	nsubj
2	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 penalty	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 penalty	det
5	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exist	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 care	case
7	entering	entering	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 care	compound
8	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exist	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	They					as a penalty; for entering care	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They are unknown in ordinary family homes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unknown	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unknown	cop
3	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 homes	case
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 homes	amod
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 homes	compound
7	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unknown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			ordinary family homes		unknown property	tree rules

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