Exam question 1 · My body belongs to me

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the entitlement of a child in respect of unwanted touch?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, respect · To what, where: entitlement, unwanted touch

This is exam question 1 of lesson 57 «My body belongs to me» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 entitlement	det
10	entitlement	entitlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 child	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 entitlement	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 respect	case
15	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 child	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 touch	case
17	unwanted	unwanted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 touch	amod
18	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 respect	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the entitlement of a child in respect of unwanted touch	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	respect		unwanted touch		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

A child may never refuse a relative

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refuse	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 refuse	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 refuse	advmod
5	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 relative	det
7	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refuse	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not refuse	may	a child	a relative					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relative=Theme

Option 2

A child may refuse touch only from strangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refuse	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 refuse	aux
4	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refuse	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 strangers	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 strangers	case
8	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 refuse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	may	a child	touch		strangers			vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent touch=Theme

Option 3

A child may refuse touch only upon producing a parent's written permission to do so

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refuse	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 refuse	aux
4	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refuse	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 producing	advmod
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	8 producing	mark
8	producing	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 refuse	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 parent	det
10	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 permission	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 parent	case
12	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 permission	amod
13	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 producing	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 do	mark
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 producing	advcl
16	so	so	ADV	_	15 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	refuse	may	a child	touch	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent touch=Theme
2	produce	gerund	a child not said here	a parent's written permission	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Result
3	write	participle			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	do	to-infinitive	a child not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	permit		a parent		nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

A child may refuse touch he does not want, even from persons known and loved

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refuse	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 refuse	aux
4	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 refuse	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 want	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 want	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 want	advmod
9	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 touch	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 persons	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	13 persons	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 persons	case
13	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 refuse	obl
14	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 persons	acl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 loved	cc
16	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 known	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	refuse	may	a child	touch	from persons	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent touch=Theme
2	not want	present · do-support	child	touch not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot touch=Theme
3	know	participle		persons not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	love	participle				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

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