Exam question 1 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no

Identify the principal reason for which an accidental breakage ought to be reported to an adult without delay.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, report · To what, where: principal reason, accidental breakage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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	13 reported	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 breakage	det
8	accidental	accidental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 breakage	amod
9	breakage	breakage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reported	nsubj:pass
10	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 reported	aux
11	to	to	PART	_	13 reported	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 reported	aux:pass
13	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 adult	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 adult	det
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reported	obl
17	without	without	ADP	_	18 delay	case
18	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reported	obl
19	.	.	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 principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	report	ought · passive	you not said here	a accidental breakage				for the principal reason; to a adult; without delay	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for which=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 · ✓ the right answer

Prompt admission usually occasions less trouble than concealment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 admission	amod
2	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 occasions	nsubj
3	usually	usually	ADV	_	4 occasions	advmod
4	occasions	occasion	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 trouble	amod
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 occasions	obj
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 concealment	case
8	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trouble	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	present	Prompt admission	less trouble				than concealment; usually property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Concealment is permissible provided that no adult witnessed the event

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 witnessed	mark
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 adult	det
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 witnessed	nsubj
8	witnessed	witness	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 event	det
10	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 witnessed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		Concealment					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	witness	past	no adult	the event					vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Beneficiary

Option 3

Prompt admission transfers responsibility to another person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 admission	amod
2	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transfers	nsubj
3	transfers	transfer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transfers	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 person	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transfers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	present	Prompt admission	responsibility	another person				vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme to person=Recipient

Option 4

Adults are required to overlook any immediate admission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur 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 overlook	mark
5	overlook	overlook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 admission	det
7	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 admission	amod
8	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 overlook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Adults					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	overlook	to-infinitive		any immediate admission					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admission=Theme

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