Exam question 3 · Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shi…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning climbing boys.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, climb · To what, where: response, boys

This is exam question 3 of lesson 81 «Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shillings and chimney sweeps» of the history 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 concerning	xcomp
11	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 climbing	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here			tree rules
4	climb	gerund	the established facts not said here	boys		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location boy=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 · ← Mova's choice

The practice continued entirely lawfully and in every British city until the late twentieth century

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 practice	det
2	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 continued	nsubj
3	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 continued	advmod
5	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	3 continued	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 city	cc
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 city	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 city	det
9	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 city	amod
10	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lawfully	conj
11	until	until	ADP	_	15 century	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 century	det
13	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 century	amod
14	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 century	amod
15	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 continued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	past	the practice				century	entirely, lawfully property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Climbing boys were employed to pick fruit in the orchards of large estates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 boys	amod
2	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 employed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 employed	aux:pass
4	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pick	mark
6	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 employed	xcomp
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pick	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 orchards	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 orchards	det
10	orchards	orchard	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pick	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 estates	case
12	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 estates	amod
13	estates	estate	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 orchards	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	climb	gerund			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	employ	past · passive	Climbing boys		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
3	pick	to-infinitive	fruit	the orchards of large estates	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient

Option 3

Climbing boys were sailors who repaired the rigging of ships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 boys	amod
2	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sailors	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sailors	cop
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 repaired	nsubj
6	repaired	repair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sailors	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rigging	det
8	rigging	rigging	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 repaired	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 ships	case
10	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rigging	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	climb	gerund			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	Climbing boys	sailors	tree rules
3	repair	past	sailors	the rigging of ships	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rigging=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Young boys were compelled to clean chimneys until legislation of 1875 ended the practice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 boys	amod
2	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 compelled	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 compelled	aux:pass
4	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 clean	mark
6	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 compelled	xcomp
7	chimneys	chimney	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clean	obj
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 ended	mark
9	legislation	legislation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ended	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 1875	case
11	1875	1875	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 legislation	nmod
12	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 clean	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 practice	det
14	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ended	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	compel	past · passive		Young boys	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	clean	to-infinitive		chimneys	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chimney=Patient
3	end	past	legislation of 1875	the practice	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality practice=Eventuality

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