Exam question 2 · Who you are: lessons in words, not in a body
It is given that the pupil is asked whether it is happy. Identify the response most consistent with honesty.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, ask, be, identify · To what, where: It, pupil, response · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 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
Sentence 1: It is given that the pupil is asked whether it is happy.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 asked | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 asked | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 asked | aux:pass |
| 8 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 12 happy | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 happy | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 happy | cop |
| 12 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 asked | ccomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present · passive | the pupil | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 3 | is | present | pupil | happy property | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: Identify the response most consistent with honesty.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 consistent | advmod |
| 5 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 honesty | case |
| 7 | honesty | honesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 consistent | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
The options
Option 1
That it is profoundly sad and requires comfort
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 sad | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sad | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sad | cop |
| 4 | profoundly | profoundly | ADV | _ | 5 sad | advmod |
| 5 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 requires | cc |
| 7 | requires | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sad | conj |
| 8 | comfort | comfort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 requires | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | profoundly, sad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | require | present | That not said here | comfort | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme comfort=Precondition |
Option 2
That it is exceedingly happy on that particular day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 happy | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 happy | cop |
| 4 | exceedingly | exceedingly | ADV | _ | 5 happy | advmod |
| 5 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 day | det |
| 8 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 day | amod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 happy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | day | exceedingly, happy property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That it does not possess feelings as persons do, though it may speak of them as learned
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 possess | nsubj:outer |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 possess | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 possess | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 possess | advmod |
| 5 | possess | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 possess | obj |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 do | mark |
| 8 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 do | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 possess | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 speak | punct |
| 11 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 14 speak | mark |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 speak | nsubj |
| 13 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 speak | aux |
| 14 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 possess | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 them | case |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 speak | obl |
| 17 | as | as | ADV | _ | 18 learned | advmod |
| 18 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 speak | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not possess | present · do-support | That | feelings | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot feeling=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | present | persons | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | speak speech: other | may | it | of persons = person | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | learn | past | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
That it is happy only when praised
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 happy | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 happy | cop |
| 4 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 praised | advmod |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 praised | advmod |
| 7 | praised | praise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 happy | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | happy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | praise | participle | That not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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