Exam question 4 · Coffee, tea, wine and the pub

Ascertain which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning alcohol addiction.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: ascertain, follow, be, establish, concern · To what, where: alcohol addiction

This is exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Coffee, tea, wine and the pub» of the adult life 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 consistent	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 statements	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 statements	det
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 statements	amod
6	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 consistent	obl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 consistent	cop
8	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	ccomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 facts	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 facts	det
11	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 facts	amod
12	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 consistent	obl
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 facts	acl
14	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 addiction	compound
15	addiction	addiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here			vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present			of the following statements; with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
5	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	alcohol addiction		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus addiction=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

It is an illness from which a person may recover with assistance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 illness	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 illness	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 illness	det
4	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 recover	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recover	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 recover	aux
10	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 illness	acl:relcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 assistance	case
12	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recover	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a illness					tree rules
2	recover	may	a person			a illness		with assistance	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from which=Source

Option 2

It is a deliberate choice which the person may cease at any moment at will

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 choice	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 choice	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 choice	det
4	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 choice	amod
5	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 cease	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cease	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 cease	aux
10	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 choice	acl:relcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 moment	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 moment	det
13	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cease	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 will	case
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 cease	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a deliberate choice					tree rules
2	cease	may	the person	a deliberate choice			moment		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector which=Eventuality

Option 3

It affects only persons who drink wine with meals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 affects	nsubj
2	affects	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 persons	advmod
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 affects	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 drink	nsubj
6	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 persons	acl:relcl
7	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 meals	case
9	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present	It	persons					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer
2	drink	present	persons	wine				with meals	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient

Option 4

It is invariably the fault of the person's children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fault	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 fault	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fault	det
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 children	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 children	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 person	case
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fault	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the fault				of the person's children; invariably property	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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