Exam question 1 · Who you are: lessons in words, not in a body

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation of the pupil to the families described in its lessons?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, describe · To what, where: relation, families, lessons

This is exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Who you are: lessons in words, not in a body» 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	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 relation	det
10	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 pupil	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pupil	det
13	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relation	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 families	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 families	det
16	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
17	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 families	acl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 lessons	case
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 lessons	nmod:poss
20	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 described	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the relation of the pupil		of the following statements; to the families; accurately property	tree rules
3	describe	participle	the families not said here	pupil's lessons		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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

They are families which the pupil visited in person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 families	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 families	cop
3	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 pupil	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 families	nmod
7	visited	visit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 pupil	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 person	case
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 visited	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	They	families	tree rules
2	pupil		families		tree rules
3	visit	participle		the pupil not said here	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They are the families of characters, the pupil possessing no family of its own

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 families	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 families	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 families	det
4	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 characters	case
6	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 families	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pupil	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 families	conj
10	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 pupil	acl
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 family	det
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 possessing	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 own	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 own	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 family	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	the families and the pupil				of characters	tree rules
2	possess	gerund	the pupil not said here	no family of pupil's own					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot family=Theme

Option 3

They are the pupil's own relatives, recalled from childhood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 relatives	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 relatives	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 relatives	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 pupil	case
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 relatives	amod
7	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 recalled	punct
9	recalled	recall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 relatives	acl
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 childhood	case
11	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recalled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	the pupil's own relatives					tree rules
2	recall	participle		the pupil's own relatives not said here		childhood			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from childhood=Source

Option 4

They are families now awaiting the pupil's return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 families	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 families	cop
3	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 awaiting	advmod
5	awaiting	await	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 families	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 return	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 pupil	case
9	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 awaiting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	present	They	families		tree rules
2	await	gerund	families not said here	the pupil's return	now	tree rules
3	return		the pupil			nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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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