Exam question 3 · The kid who is always on the bench

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning children of small stature at the age of ten.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, children

This is exam question 3 of lesson 70 «The kid who is always on the bench» of the medicine 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	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 stature	case
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stature	amod
13	stature	stature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 children	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 age	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 age	det
16	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stature	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 ten	case
18	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 age	nmod
19	.	.	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	children of small stature at the age of ten		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=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

Such children will invariably remain small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 remain	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 remain	aux
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 remain	advmod
5	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	future	Such children					invariably, small property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The pubertal growth spurt may occur considerably later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spurt	det
2	pubertal	pubertal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spurt	amod
3	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spurt	compound
4	spurt	spurt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occur	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 occur	aux
6	occur	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	8 later	advmod
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 occur	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	may	the pubertal growth spurt					late property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Such children are unsuited to sport

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 unsuited	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unsuited	aux:pass
4	unsuited	unsuit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 sport	case
6	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unsuited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unsuit	present · passive		Such children				to sport	tree rules

Option 4

Their adult height is fixed at that age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 height	nmod:poss
2	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 height	amod
3	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fixed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fixed	aux:pass
5	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 age	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 age	det
8	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	present · passive		Their adult height			at that age		vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at age=Value

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