Exam question 4 · «Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child whose parent consumes alcohol to excess.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, parent · What happens: select, establish, concern, consume · To what, where: response, child, alcohol

This is exam question 4 of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	13 parent	nmod:poss
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consumes	nsubj
14	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 child	acl:relcl
15	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consumes	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 excess	case
17	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consumes	obl
18	.	.	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	a child		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
4	consume	present	parent	alcohol	to excess	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alcohol=Asset

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 child bears responsibility and must conceal the matter at all times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 responsibility	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bears	compound
3	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 responsibility	compound
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 responsibility	cc
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 conceal	aux
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 matter	det
9	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 times	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 times	det
12	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	must	the bears responsibility	the matter			time		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Patient

Option 2

The child ought to confront the parent publicly at the school gate before others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confront	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 confront	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 confront	mark
5	confront	confront	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confront	obj
8	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	5 confront	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 gate	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gate	det
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gate	compound
12	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confront	obl
13	before	before	ADP	_	14 others	case
14	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 confront	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confront	ought	the child	the parent		the school gate	before others	publicly property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Theme

Option 3

The child is prohibited from discussing the matter with any person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 discussing	mark
6	discussing	discuss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prohibited	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 matter	det
8	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 discussing	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 person	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 discussing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		the child					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	discuss speech: other	gerund		the matter				with any person	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent matter=Topic with person=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The child is not at fault and may seek help from a teacher or Childline

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fault	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fault	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 fault	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 fault	case
6	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 seek	cc
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 seek	aux
9	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 fault	conj
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seek	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 teacher	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 teacher	det
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seek	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 Childline	cc
15	Childline	Childline	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 teacher	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	the child			fault			tree rules
2	seek	may	the child not said here	help				from a teacher or Childline	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme

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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