Exam question 3 · The weekly shop and a family budget

Identify the principal reason for which confectionery is customarily displayed adjacent to the tills of a supermarket.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, display · To what, where: principal reason, confectionery, tills

This is exam question 3 of lesson 22 «The weekly shop and a family budget» of the money 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	10 displayed	obl
7	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 displayed	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 displayed	aux:pass
9	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	10 displayed	advmod
10	displayed	display	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 displayed	xcomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 tills	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tills	det
14	tills	till	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 displayed	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 supermarket	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 supermarket	det
17	supermarket	supermarket	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tills	nmod
18	.	.	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	display	present · passive		confectionery	the tills of a supermarket			for the principal reason; adjacent, customarily property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to till=Recipient

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 right answer

The inducement of unplanned purchases by customers, in particular children, who are obliged to wait

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 inducement	det
2	inducement	inducement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 purchases	case
4	unplanned	unplanned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 purchases	amod
5	purchases	purchase	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inducement	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 customers	case
7	customers	customer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 purchases	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 children	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 children	case
10	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 children	amod
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inducement	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 obliged	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 obliged	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 obliged	aux:pass
15	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 children	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 wait	mark
17	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 obliged	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		particular children	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	wait	to-infinitive			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	purchase		customers		nom purchase «act transitive»: by=agent

Option 2

The protection of confectionery from deterioration caused by sunlight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protection	det
2	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caused	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 confectionery	case
4	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protection	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 deterioration	case
6	deterioration	deterioration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confectionery	nmod
7	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 sunlight	case
9	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	participle	the protection of confectionery from deterioration					by sunlight	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	protect			confectionery from deterioration					nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Compliance with a statutory requirement concerning the placement of confectionery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compliance	compliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 requirement	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 requirement	det
4	statutory	statutory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 requirement	amod
5	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Compliance	nmod
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Compliance	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 placement	det
8	placement	placement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 confectionery	case
10	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 placement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	Compliance with a statutory requirement not said here	the placement of confectionery					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus placement=Experiencer

Option 4

The convenience of staff responsible for the replenishment of shelves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 convenience	det
2	convenience	convenience	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 responsible	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 staff	case
4	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 convenience	nmod
5	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 replenishment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 replenishment	det
8	replenishment	replenishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 responsible	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 shelves	case
10	shelves	shelf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 replenishment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replenish			shelves					nom replenishment «process transitive»: of=patient

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