Exam question 3 · Trusted adults and asking for help

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning emergency numbers.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established guidance · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, emergency numbers

This is exam question 3 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 guidance	acl
11	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 numbers	compound
12	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 concerning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with established guidance; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	established guidance not said here	emergency numbers		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus number=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 right answer

They are to be used only for genuine emergencies

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	5 used	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 used	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	aux:pass
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 emergencies	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 emergencies	case
8	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 emergencies	amod
9	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		They				for genuine emergencies	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for emergency=Eventuality

Option 2

They may be called to ask the time when no clock is near

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	4 called	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 called	aux:pass
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 ask	mark
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 called	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ask	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 near	advmod
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 clock	det
11	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 near	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 near	cop
13	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ask	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	call	may · passive		They			tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive			time		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	no clock			near property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They are for adults only and may never be called by 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	4 adults	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 adults	cop
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 adults	case
4	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 called	nsubj:pass
5	only	only	ADV	_	4 adults	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 only	cc
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 called	aux
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 called	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 called	aux:pass
10	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 children	case
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					for adults	tree rules
2	not call	may · passive	children	adults					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 4

They may be called for a joke on holidays and birthdays

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	4 called	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 called	aux:pass
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 joke	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 joke	det
7	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 holidays	case
9	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 joke	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 birthdays	cc
11	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 holidays	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	may · passive		They				for a joke on holidays and birthdays	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for joke=Beneficiary

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