Exam question 3 · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning children's helplines.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» 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	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 helplines	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 children	case
12	helplines	helpline	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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	children's helplines		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus helpline=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 · ✓ the right answer

They are staffed by trained persons and treat calls as confidential unless a person is in danger

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 staffed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 staffed	aux:pass
3	staffed	staff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 persons	case
5	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 persons	amod
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 staffed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 treat	cc
8	treat	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 staffed	conj
9	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 treat	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 confidential	case
11	confidential	confidential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 treat	obl
12	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	17 danger	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 person	det
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 danger	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 danger	cop
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 danger	case
17	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 staffed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	staff	present · passive	trained persons	They			vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination
2	train	participle					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	treat	present	trained persons not said here	calls		as confidential	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent call=Theme as confidential=Attribute
4	is a condition, not said to happen	present	a person		danger		tree rules

Option 2

They are available exclusively to persons over eighteen years of age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 available	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 available	cop
3	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 available	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 available	obl
7	over	over	ADV	_	8 eighteen	advmod
8	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 available	parataxis
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 age	case
11	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 years	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					to persons; available, exclusively property	tree rules

Option 3

They are automated services incapable of conversation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 incapable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 incapable	cop
3	automated	automated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 services	amod
4	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 incapable	compound
5	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 conversation	case
7	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	services incapable				of conversation	tree rules

Option 4

They are obliged to inform the caller's parents of each and every call received

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 obliged	nsubj
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	to	to	PART	_	5 inform	mark
5	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obliged	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 caller	det
7	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parents	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 caller	case
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 inform	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 each	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 parents	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 call	cc
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 call	det
14	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parents	conj
15	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 inform	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive	They	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	inform speech: other	to-infinitive	the caller's parents of each and every call	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient clause=Topic
3	receive	participle		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: 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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