Exam question 2 · Adoption
Identify the authority by which an adoption is rendered official.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, render · To what, where: authority, adoption
This is exam question 2 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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 authority | det |
| 3 | authority | authority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 rendered | obl |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 adoption | det |
| 7 | adoption | adoption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rendered | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 rendered | aux:pass |
| 9 | rendered | render | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Identify | parataxis |
| 10 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 rendered | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the authority | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent authority=Theme | ||||
| 2 | render | present · passive | a adoption | official property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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 head teacher of the child's school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 2 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | compound |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 school | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 child | case |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The birth parents' local council
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 parents | det |
| 2 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 parents | compound |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 council | nmod:poss |
| 4 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 3 parents | case |
| 5 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 council | amod |
| 6 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A notice published in a newspaper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 notice | det |
| 2 | notice | notice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | published | publish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 notice | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 newspaper | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 newspaper | det |
| 6 | newspaper | newspaper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 published | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | publish | participle | a notice not said here | a newspaper | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A judge sitting in a family court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 judge | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 court | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 court | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 court | compound |
| 7 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sitting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | gerund | a judge not said here | a family court | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in court=Location |
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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