Exam question 4 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the responsibility of children for the financial difficulties of their households.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, responsibility

This is exam question 4 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 responsibility	det
11	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 children	case
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 responsibility	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 difficulties	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 difficulties	det
16	financial	financial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 difficulties	amod
17	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 children	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 households	case
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 households	nmod:poss
20	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 difficulties	nmod
21	.	.	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	the responsibility of children for the financial difficulties of difficulties's households		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus responsibility=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

Children bear principal responsibility for such difficulties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bear	nsubj
2	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 responsibility	amod
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bear	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 difficulties	case
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 difficulties	amod
7	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present	Children	principal responsibility				for such difficulties	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer responsibility=Stimulus for difficulty=Attribute

Option 2

Children are obliged by law to remedy such difficulties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 obliged	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 obliged	aux:pass
3	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obliged	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 remedy	mark
7	remedy	remedy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	advcl
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 difficulties	amod
9	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 remedy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive	law	Children					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	remedy	to-infinitive	law not said here	such difficulties					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent difficulty=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Children bear no responsibility for such difficulties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bear	nsubj
2	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 responsibility	det
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bear	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 difficulties	case
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 difficulties	amod
7	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present	Children	no responsibility				for such difficulties	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer responsibility=Stimulus for difficulty=Attribute

Option 4

Children bear responsibility only where they have requested gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bear	nsubj
2	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bear	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 requested	advmod
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 requested	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 requested	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 requested	aux
8	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 gifts	amod
9	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present	Children	responsibility					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=Beneficiary gift=Patient
2	request	present · perfect	Children = child						vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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