Exam question 4 · Sun, cold and growing up

In respect of the age at which puberty commences, select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: commence, select, establish · To what, where: respect, response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 86 «Sun, cold and growing up» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 commences	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 age	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 age	det
5	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 commences	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 puberty	case
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 puberty	det
8	puberty	puberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 age	nmod
9	commences	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 select	punct
11	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 commences	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 response	det
13	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 select	obj
14	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 select	xcomp
15	with	with	ADP	_	18 facts	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 facts	det
17	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 facts	amod
18	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 consistent	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 commences	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	present		respect	of the age at which puberty		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	select	infinitive	the response			consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
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

It begins for every child on precisely the same birthday, namely at the age of twelve

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	2 begins	nsubj
2	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begins	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	10 birthday	case
7	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	10 birthday	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 birthday	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 birthday	amod
10	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begins	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 namely	punct
12	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 birthday	amod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 age	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 age	det
15	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 namely	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 twelve	case
17	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	present	It			the same birthday		for every child	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

It begins only after the age of sixteen, and never during the years of primary school

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	2 begins	nsubj
2	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 age	advmod
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 age	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 age	det
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begins	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 sixteen	case
8	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 age	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 years	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 years	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 years	advmod
12	during	during	ADP	_	14 years	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 years	det
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 begins	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 school	case
16	primary	primary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 school	amod
17	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 years	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	present	It				after the age of sixteen; year		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

It begins at the same time for all members of a single class, irrespective of age

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	2 begins	nsubj
2	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 time	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 time	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begins	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 members	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 members	det
9	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 time	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 class	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 class	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 class	amod
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 members	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 irrespective	punct
15	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	2 begins	advmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 age	case
17	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 irrespective	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	present	It				time	irrespective property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It begins at different times for each person, usually between about eight and fourteen

The tree, 14 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	2 begins	nsubj
2	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 times	case
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 times	amod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 begins	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 person	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 times	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 eight	punct
10	usually	usually	ADV	_	13 eight	advmod
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 eight	case
12	about	about	ADV	_	13 eight	advmod
13	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 begins	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fourteen	cc
15	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 eight	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	present	It				time		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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