Exam question 3 · Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the retention of a mobile telephone found upon public transport.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, find, retain · To what, where: response, retention, mobile telephone

This is exam question 3 of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» 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	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 retention	det
11	retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 telephone	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 telephone	det
14	mobile	mobile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 telephone	amod
15	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 retention	nmod
16	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 telephone	acl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 transport	case
18	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 transport	amod
19	transport	transport	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obl
20	.	.	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 retention of a mobile telephone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus retention=Experiencer
4	find	participle		a mobile telephone not said here	upon public transport	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
5	retain			a mobile telephone		nom retention «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

Property found upon a bus passes lawfully to the finder thereof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 passes	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Property	acl
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 bus	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl
6	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	6 passes	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 finder	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 finder	det
10	finder	finder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 passes	obl
11	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	6 passes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	participle		Property not said here				upon a bus	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	pass	present	Property			the finder		lawfully, thereof property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to finder=Initial_Location

Option 2

Retention is permissible provided the device remains unused

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 device	amod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 device	det
6	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remains	nsubj
7	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	parataxis
8	unused	unused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 remains	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Retention	permissible property	tree rules
2	provide	participle			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	remain	present	the provided device	unused property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The owner of such property is deemed to have abandoned it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 owner	det
2	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 deemed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 property	case
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 property	amod
5	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owner	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 deemed	aux:pass
7	deemed	deem	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	10 abandoned	mark
9	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 abandoned	aux
10	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 deemed	xcomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 abandoned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deem	present · passive		the owner of such property					tree rules
2	abandon	to-infinitive · perfect		owner					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme it=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Retention of property capable of return constitutes a form of theft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 constitutes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 property	case
3	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Retention	nmod
4	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 property	amod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 return	case
6	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 capable	obl
7	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 form	det
9	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 constitutes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 theft	case
11	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	constitute	present	Retention of property	a form of theft	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme form=Pivot
2	retain			property	nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient
3	form			theft	nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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