Exam question 3 · Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to…

Ascertain the principal provision of the Children Act of 1908 concerning imprisonment.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Children · What happens: ascertain, provide · To what, where: principal provision

This is exam question 3 of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 provision	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provision	amod
4	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Children	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Children	det
7	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 provision	nmod
8	Act	Act	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Children	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 imprisonment	case
10	1908	1908	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 imprisonment	nummod
11	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 imprisonment	amod
12	imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Act	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal provision of the Children					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Topic
2	provide		the Children						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

All children were to be transported abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 transported	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 transported	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 transported	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 transported	aux:pass
6	transported	transport	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	6 transported	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transport	past · passive		all children				abroad property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2

Children were to serve as gaolers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 serve	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 serve	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 serve	mark
4	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 gaolers	case
6	gaolers	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	Children					as gaolers	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as gaoler=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Children under fourteen were no longer to be sent to prison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sent	nsubj:pass
2	under	under	ADP	_	3 fourteen	case
3	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Children	nmod
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sent	aux:pass
5	no	no	ADV	_	6 longer	advmod
6	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 sent	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	9 sent	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 sent	aux:pass
9	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 prison	case
11	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		Children under fourteen		prison		long property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination

Option 4

Children were henceforth to be imprisoned alongside adults in every gaol of the kingdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 imprisoned	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 imprisoned	aux:pass
3	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	_	6 imprisoned	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	6 imprisoned	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 imprisoned	aux:pass
6	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	alongside	alongside	ADP	_	8 adults	case
8	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 imprisoned	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 gaol	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 gaol	det
11	gaol	gaol	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 imprisoned	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 kingdom	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kingdom	det
14	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gaol	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imprison	past · passive		Children		every gaol of the kingdom		alongside adults; henceforth property	vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in gaol=Destination

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