Exam question 3 · Adoption

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning letterbox contact.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, letterbox contact

This is exam question 3 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	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	letterbox	letterbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 contact	compound
11	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	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	letterbox contact		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus contact=Experiencer

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

The delivery of all adoption papers to a child's letterbox by the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 delivery	det
2	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 papers	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 papers	det
5	adoption	adoption	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 papers	compound
6	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 delivery	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 letterbox	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 letterbox	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 child	case
11	letterbox	letterbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 papers	nmod
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 court	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 court	det
14	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delivery	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver		the court	all adoption papers to a child's letterbox					nom delivery «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Daily communication with birth parents by mobile telephone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 communication	amod
2	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 parents	case
4	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parents	compound
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 communication	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 telephone	case
7	mobile	mobile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 telephone	amod
8	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 communication	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	communicate		mobile telephone					with birth parents	nom communication «communication intransitive»: with=obl by=agent

Option 3

The prohibition of any correspondence with the birth family

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 correspondence	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 correspondence	det
5	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 family	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
8	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 family	compound
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 correspondence	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Correspondence with the birth family is conveyed through an agency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conveyed	nsubj:pass
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 family	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 family	det
4	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 family	compound
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Correspondence	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 conveyed	aux:pass
7	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 agency	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 agency	det
10	agency	agency	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conveyed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present · passive	a agency	Correspondence with the birth family					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

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