Exam question 3 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning an elderly neighbour who has not been seen for several days.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, not see · To what, where: response, elderly neighbour

This is exam question 3 of lesson 77 «Kindness to the dying and visiting the old» of the religion ethics 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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 neighbour	det
11	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 neighbour	amod
12	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 seen	nsubj
14	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 seen	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 seen	advmod
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 seen	aux:pass
17	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 neighbour	acl:relcl
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 days	case
19	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 days	amod
20	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 seen	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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	a elderly neighbour			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus neighbour=Experiencer
4	not see	present · perfect · passive		a elderly neighbour	day		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

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

The matter ought to be reported to a responsible adult without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reported	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 reported	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 reported	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 reported	aux:pass
6	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 adult	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
9	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 adult	amod
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reported	obl
11	without	without	ADP	_	12 delay	case
12	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	ought · passive		the matter	a responsible adult			without delay	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to adult=Recipient

Option 2

Entry ought to be forced by the child alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forced	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 forced	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 forced	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 forced	aux:pass
5	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forced	obl
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 forced	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	ought · passive	the child	Entry				alone property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 3

The neighbour ought to be awaited for a further fortnight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 neighbour	det
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 awaited	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 awaited	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 awaited	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 awaited	aux:pass
6	awaited	await	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 fortnight	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fortnight	det
9	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fortnight	amod
10	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 awaited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	await	ought · passive		the neighbour			fortnight		tree rules

Option 4

The matter ought to be disregarded as being of no concern

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disregarded	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 disregarded	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 disregarded	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 disregarded	aux:pass
6	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	11 concern	case
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 concern	cop
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 concern	case
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 concern	det
11	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disregarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	ought · passive		the matter					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	gerund						as no concern	tree rules

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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