Exam question 1 · Strangers and tricky people

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a family password?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: family password · What happens: follow, characteris, purpose · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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 purpose	det
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 password	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 password	det
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 password	compound
14	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the purpose of a family password	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	purpose		a family password			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

It allows the child to unlock the family car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 allows	nsubj
2	allows	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 allows	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 unlock	mark
6	unlock	unlock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 allows	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 car	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 car	compound
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unlock	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present	It		the child				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary
2	unlock	to-infinitive		the family car					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient

Option 2

It is used to log in to video games and other accounts belonging to the family

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 log	mark
5	log	log	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 used	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	5 log	compound:prt
7	to	to	PART	_	9 games	mark
8	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 games	compound
9	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 log	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 accounts	cc
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 accounts	amod
12	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 games	conj
13	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 accounts	acl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 family	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 family	det
16	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 belonging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		It		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	log in	to-infinitive		video games and other accounts		vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	belong	gerund	other accounts not said here		to the family	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is required to enter the school building

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 enter	mark
5	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 building	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 building	compound
8	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enter	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		It					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	enter	to-infinitive		the school building					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme building=Destination

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

It enables a child to verify whether a parent truly sent another person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 enables	nsubj
2	enables	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enables	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 verify	mark
6	verify	verify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enables	advcl
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	11 sent	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sent	nsubj
10	truly	truly	ADV	_	11 sent	advmod
11	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 verify	ccomp
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	13 person	det
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	enable	present	It	a child		tree rules
2	verify	to-infinitive				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
3	send	past	a parent	another person	truly property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=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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