Exam question 1 · When grown-ups are tired or worried

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression «I have had a long day»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: follow, characteris, have · To what, where: expression · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 34 «When grown-ups are tired or worried» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 expression	det
10	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 had	nsubj
13	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 had	aux
14	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 characterises	parataxis
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 day	det
16	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 day	amod
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the expression		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	have in a quote	present · perfect	I		day		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 speaker intends to reprimand the listener

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 intends	nsubj
3	intends	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 reprimand	mark
5	reprimand	reprimand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 intends	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 listener	det
7	listener	listener	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reprimand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	present	the speaker						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	reprimand not said to happen	to-infinitive	the speaker not said here	the listener					tree rules

Option 2

The speaker wishes to commence further work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wishes	nsubj
3	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 commence	mark
5	commence	commence	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wishes	xcomp
6	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 work	amod
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 commence	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	present	the speaker						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	commence not said to happen	to-infinitive	the speaker not said here	further work					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The speaker's energy and patience have been substantially depleted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 energy	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 speaker	case
4	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 depleted	nsubj:pass
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 patience	cc
6	patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 energy	conj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 depleted	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 depleted	aux:pass
9	substantially	substantially	ADV	_	10 depleted	advmod
10	depleted	deplete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deplete	present · perfect · passive		the speaker's energy and patience				substantially property	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source

Option 4

The speaker's working day has exceeded twenty-four hours in length

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 day	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 speaker	case
4	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 day	amod
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exceeded	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 exceeded	aux
7	exceeded	exceed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 four	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 twenty	punct
10	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hours	nummod
11	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 exceeded	obl:unmarked
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 length	case
13	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exceeded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	gerund							vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	exceed	present · perfect · passive		the speaker's working day			hour	in length	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme in length=Attribute

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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