Exam question 3 · Pocket money and earning it with chores
Identify the principal objection to the removal of money from a parent's purse without permission.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, remove · To what, where: principal objection, purse, money
This is exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Pocket money and earning it with chores» 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 objection | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 objection | amod |
| 4 | objection | objection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 removal | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 removal | det |
| 7 | removal | removal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 money | case |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 removal | nmod |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 purse | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 parent | det |
| 12 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 purse | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 parent | case |
| 14 | purse | purse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obl |
| 15 | without | without | ADP | _ | 16 permission | case |
| 16 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obl |
| 17 | . | . | 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 objection | a parent's purse | to the removal of money; without permission | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent objection=Theme to removal=be' | ||
| 2 | remove | money | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |
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
It constitutes a permissible loan within a family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 constitutes | nsubj |
| 2 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 loan | det |
| 4 | permissible | permissible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 loan | amod |
| 5 | loan | loan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 constitutes | obj |
| 6 | within | within | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 family | det |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 constitutes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | constitute | present | It | a permissible loan | within a family | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme loan=Pivot |
Option 2
It is objectionable solely where the sum exceeds ten pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 objectionable | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 objectionable | cop |
| 3 | objectionable | objectionable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 3 objectionable | advmod |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 exceeds | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sum | det |
| 7 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 exceeds | nsubj |
| 8 | exceeds | exceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 objectionable | advcl |
| 9 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 pounds | nummod |
| 10 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 exceeds | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | objectionable, solely property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | exceed | present | the sum | ten pounds | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pound=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It constitutes theft and occasions a breach of trust
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 constitutes | nsubj |
| 2 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | theft | theft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 constitutes | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 occasions | cc |
| 5 | occasions | occasion | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 constitutes | conj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 breach | det |
| 7 | breach | breach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 occasions | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 trust | case |
| 9 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 breach | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | constitute | present | It | theft | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme theft=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | occasion | present | a breach of trust | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | breach | trust | nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
It is unobjectionable provided the act is not detected
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 unobjectionable | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unobjectionable | cop |
| 3 | unobjectionable | unobjectionable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 act | amod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 act | det |
| 6 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 detected | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 detected | aux:pass |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 detected | advmod |
| 9 | detected | detect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 unobjectionable | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | unobjectionable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | provide | participle | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 3 | not detect | present · passive | the provided act | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
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