Exam question 1 · Closed doors, whispers and secrets

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the declaration «Dad and I need to talk»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: follow, characteris, need, talk · To what, where: declaration

This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «Closed doors, whispers and secrets» 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 declaration	det
10	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Dad	punct
12	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 declaration	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 need	cc
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 need	nsubj
15	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 talk	mark
17	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 need	xcomp
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 need	punct
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the declaration and Dad	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	need in a quote	present	I			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	talk not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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

It denotes invariably that a calamity has occurred

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	2 denotes	advmod
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 occurred	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 calamity	det
6	calamity	calamity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 occurred	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 occurred	aux
8	occurred	occur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 denotes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It					invariably property	vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	occur	present · perfect	a calamity						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It denotes that a child is to be punished forthwith for misconduct

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 punished	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 punished	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 punished	aux:pass
7	to	to	PART	_	9 punished	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 punished	aux:pass
9	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 denotes	advcl
10	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	9 punished	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 misconduct	case
12	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It						vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	punish	present · passive		a child				for misconduct; forthwith property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for misconduct=Theme

Option 3

It denotes an intention to watch television together

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 intention	det
4	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 watch	mark
6	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 denotes	advcl
7	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 watch	obj
8	together	together	ADV	_	6 watch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a intention					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot intention=Topic
2	watch	to-infinitive		television				together property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent television=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes a private and serious conversation between the parents

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 conversation	det
4	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 conversation	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 serious	cc
6	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 private	conj
7	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
8	between	between	ADP	_	10 parents	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parents	det
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conversation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a private conversation				between the parents	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot conversation=Topic

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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