Exam question 3 · Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and i…

Identify the statement consistent with the established facts concerning families unable to afford sufficient food.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish, afford · To what, where: statement, sufficient food

This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and illness» of the reflection 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	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 families	amod
10	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 facts	amod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 afford	mark
13	afford	afford	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 unable	xcomp
14	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 food	amod
15	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 afford	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the statement	consistent property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	afford	to-infinitive	you not said here	sufficient food		tree rules

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

Such hardship arises solely from the idleness of the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hardship	amod
2	hardship	hardship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arises	nsubj
3	arises	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 arises	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 idleness	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 idleness	det
7	idleness	idleness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arises	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 family	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 family	det
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 idleness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	Such hardship			the idleness of the family		solely property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Such hardship is common, not shameful, and schools and food banks assist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hardship	amod
2	hardship	hardship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 common	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 common	cop
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 shameful	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 shameful	advmod
7	shameful	shameful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 common	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 assist	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 assist	cc
10	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 assist	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 banks	cc
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 banks	compound
13	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 schools	conj
14	assist	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 common	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such hardship	common property	tree rules
2	not be		Such hardship not said here		tree rules
3	assist	present	schools and food banks		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Such hardship is unknown among ordinary families

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hardship	amod
2	hardship	hardship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unknown	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unknown	cop
4	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	among	among	ADP	_	7 families	case
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 families	amod
7	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 unknown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such hardship					among ordinary families; unknown property	tree rules

Option 4

Such hardship must be concealed from all teachers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hardship	amod
2	hardship	hardship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 concealed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 concealed	aux:pass
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 teachers	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 teachers	det
8	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	must · passive		Such hardship				from all teachers	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from teacher=Beneficiary

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