Exam question 4 · A pet is a responsibility

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning play with a pet.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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	_	11 play	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 play	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 play	compound
10	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 play	amod
11	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 pet	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pet	det
14	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 play	nmod
15	.	.	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 concerning play with a pet; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The pet should sometimes catch the toy, since always losing causes stress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pet	det
2	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 catch	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 catch	aux
4	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 catch	advmod
5	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toy	det
7	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 catch	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 causes	punct
9	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 causes	mark
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 losing	advmod
11	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 causes	nsubj
12	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 catch	parataxis
13	stress	stress	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 causes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	catch	should	the pet	the toy	sometimes property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme
2	lose	gerund			always property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	cause	present		stress		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition stress=Patient

Option 2

The pet should be teased until it gives up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pet	det
2	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teased	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 teased	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 teased	aux:pass
5	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 gives	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gives	nsubj
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 teased	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 gives	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	should · passive		the pet					vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	give up	present	pet						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The game should always end with a punishment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 end	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 end	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 end	advmod
5	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 punishment	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 punishment	det
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 end	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	should	the game					with a punishment; always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with punishment=Subeventuality

Option 4

The pet should never be allowed to win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pet	det
2	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 allowed	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowed	aux:pass
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 win	mark
8	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	should · passive		the pet					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	win not said to happen	to-infinitive	the pet not said here						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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