Exam question 1 · Moving, new schools, change and grief

Identify the principal reason for which a child newly arrived at an unfamiliar school ought to make known to a teacher any difficulty in settling.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child, principal reason · What happens: identify, arrive, make, know · To what, where: principal reason, child, unfamiliar school

This is exam question 1 of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» 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	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 make	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 make	nsubj
9	newly	newly	ADV	_	10 arrived	advmod
10	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 child	acl
11	at	at	ADP	_	14 school	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 school	det
13	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 school	amod
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arrived	obl
15	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 make	aux
16	to	to	PART	_	17 make	mark
17	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl
18	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 make	xcomp
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 teacher	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 teacher	det
21	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 known	obl
22	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	23 difficulty	det
23	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 teacher	conj
24	in	in	ADP	_	25 settling	case
25	settling	settling	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 difficulty	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	arrive	participle		a child not said here	a unfamiliar school	newly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	ought	a child	the principal reason not said here		for the principal reason	tree rules
4	know	participle	the principal reason not said here			to a teacher and any difficulty in settling	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Silence is preferred by schools in all such matters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 preferred	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 preferred	aux:pass
3	preferred	prefer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 schools	case
5	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 preferred	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 matters	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 matters	det
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 matters	amod
9	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 preferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present · passive	schools	Silence		all such matters			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

Option 2

Disclosure exempts the pupil from lessons for a period

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exempts	nsubj
2	exempts	exempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exempts	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 lessons	case
6	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exempts	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 period	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 period	det
9	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exempts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exempt	present	Disclosure	the pupil		lessons		for a period	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Pupils who disclose such difficulty settle in more rapidly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 settle	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 disclose	nsubj
3	disclose	disclose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pupils	acl:relcl
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 difficulty	amod
5	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disclose	obj
6	settle	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 more	case
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 settle	obl
9	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	6 settle	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	present	Pupils	such difficulty					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot difficulty=Topic
2	settle	present	Pupils			more		rapidly property	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in more=Location

Option 4

Teachers are obliged to transfer all such pupils elsewhere at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obliged	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 transfer	mark
5	transfer	transfer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 pupils	det
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pupils	amod
8	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 transfer	obj
9	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	5 transfer	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 transfer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		Teachers					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	transfer	to-infinitive		all such pupils				elsewhere property	vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme

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