Exam question 4 · The future: hopes

In respect of the instruction of children in writing, which of the following statements is most accurate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, instruct · To what, where: respect, children

This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «The future: hopes» of the AI 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 accurate	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 instruction	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 instruction	det
5	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 accurate	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 instruction	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 writing	case
9	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 children	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 accurate	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 accurate	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 statements	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 statements	det
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 statements	amod
15	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 accurate	obl
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 accurate	cop
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 accurate	advmod
18	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		respect	of the instruction of children in writing; of the following statements; accurate property	tree rules
3	instruct		children in writing			nom instruction «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Writing remains valuable as an exercise of thought

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 valuable	csubj
2	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 Writing	obj
3	valuable	valuable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 exercise	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 exercise	det
6	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 valuable	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 thought	case
8	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exercise	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund		remains					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remains=Theme
2	exercise			thought					nom exercise «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Writing is required solely of prospective authors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 required	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 authors	case
6	prospective	prospective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 authors	amod
7	authors	author	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Writing				of prospective authors; solely property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 3

Writing is to be taught only until machines spell correctly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taught	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 taught	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 taught	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 taught	aux:pass
5	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	5 taught	advmod
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 spell	mark
8	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 spell	nsubj
9	spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 taught	advcl
10	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	9 spell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present · passive		Writing					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	spell	present	machines					correctly property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Writing has been rendered wholly obsolete by machines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rendered	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rendered	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 rendered	aux:pass
4	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	6 obsolete	advmod
6	obsolete	obsolete	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rendered	advcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 machines	case
8	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rendered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present · perfect · passive	machines	Writing					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	obsolete	present	machines not said here					wholly property	tree rules

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