Exam question 2 · My body belongs to me

Identify the circumstance in which a doctor or nurse may examine a child's body.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, doctor · What happens: identify, examine · To what, where: circumstance, body

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 circumstance	det
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 examine	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 doctor	det
7	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 examine	nsubj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 nurse	cc
9	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doctor	conj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 examine	aux
11	examine	examine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 circumstance	acl:relcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 body	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 child	case
15	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 examine	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the circumstance					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	examine	may	a doctor or nurse	a child's body		the circumstance			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme

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

Only if the child keeps it secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 keeps	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 keeps	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keeps	nsubj
5	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keeps	obj
7	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the child	it				secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

When the child's parent or carer is present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 present	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parent	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 child	case
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 present	nsubj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 carer	cc
7	carer	carer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parent	conj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 present	cop
9	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child's parent or carer					present property	tree rules

Option 3

Only when the child is asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 asleep	advmod
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 asleep	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asleep	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 asleep	cop
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the child					asleep property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

At any time without telling anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 time	case
2	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 time	det
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	5 telling	mark
5	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 time	acl
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund	any time not said here		anyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

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