Exam question 4 · Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the reckoning of age in South Korea since 2023.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, reckon · To what, where: response, reckoning, age

This is exam question 4 of lesson 114 «Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"» of the world 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 reckoning	det
13	reckoning	reckoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 age	case
15	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reckoning	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 Korea	case
17	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Korea	compound
18	Korea	Korea	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 age	nmod
19	since	since	ADP	_	20 2023	case
20	2023	2023	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 concerning	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			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the reckoning of age in South Korea	since 2023		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reckoning=Experiencer
5	reckon			age in South Korea			nom reckoning «cognition 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

All birthdays are celebrated on New Year's Day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 birthdays	det
2	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 celebrated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 celebrated	aux:pass
4	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 Day	case
6	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Year	compound
7	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Day	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Year	case
9	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 celebrated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	present · passive		all birthdays			on New Year's Day		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The reckoning of age has been abolished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reckoning	det
2	reckoning	reckoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 abolished	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 age	case
4	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckoning	nmod
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 abolished	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 abolished	aux:pass
7	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	present · perfect · passive		the reckoning of age					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	reckon			age					nom reckoning «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Every citizen is counted as one year old at birth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 citizen	det
2	citizen	citizen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 counted	aux:pass
4	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 old	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 year	nummod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 old	obl:unmarked
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 counted	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 birth	case
10	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present · passive		every citizen		birth		as old	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as old=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The international method has been made official for most purposes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 method	det
2	international	international	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 method	amod
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 made	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 purposes	case
9	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 purposes	amod
10	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · perfect · passive		the international method				for most purposes; official property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for purpose=Asset

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