Exam question 3 · Friends who get it

Given that a child in care requires a signed permission form to attend a party, ascertain the appropriate response of the inviting friend.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, require, sign, attend, ascertain, invite · To what, where: signed permission form, party, appropriate response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 requires	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 requires	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requires	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 care	case
6	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 child	nmod
7	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 ascertain	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 form	det
9	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 form	amod
10	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 form	compound
11	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requires	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 attend	mark
13	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 form	acl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 party	det
15	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attend	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 ascertain	punct
17	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 response	det
19	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 response	amod
20	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ascertain	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 friend	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 friend	det
23	inviting	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	24 friend	amod
24	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 response	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	require	present	a child in care	a signed permission form	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme form=Precondition
3	sign	participle			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	attend	to-infinitive	a child in care not said here	a party	vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme party=Goal
5	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response of the inviting friend	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
6	invite	gerund			vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

To invite the child and treat the form as a small matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 invite	mark
2	invite	invite	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invite	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 treat	cc
6	treat	treat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 invite	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 form	det
8	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 treat	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	12 matter	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 matter	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 matter	amod
12	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 treat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	to-infinitive			the child				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient
2	treat	infinitive		the form				as a small matter	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent form=Theme as matter=Attribute

Option 2

To withdraw the invitation owing to the administrative burden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 withdraw	mark
2	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 invitation	det
4	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 withdraw	obj
5	owing	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 invitation	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 burden	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 burden	det
8	administrative	administrative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 burden	amod
9	burden	burden	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	to-infinitive		the invitation					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme
2	owe	gerund	the invitation not said here					to the administrative burden goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to burden=Goal

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To enquire publicly as to the reasons for the child's care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 enquire	mark
2	enquire	enquire	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	2 enquire	advmod
4	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	7 reasons	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 as	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reasons	det
7	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 enquire	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 care	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 care	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 child	case
12	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enquire	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enquire speech: other	to-infinitive						as the reasons; for the child's care; publicly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	care		the child						nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

To require that the child supply the form without assistance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 require	mark
2	require	require	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 supply	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supply	nsubj
6	supply	supply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 require	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 form	det
8	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supply	obj
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 assistance	case
10	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	to-infinitive							vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	supply	infinitive	the child	the form				without assistance	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Recipient

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