Exam question 4 · Who you are: lessons in words, not in a body

In respect of a request that the pupil impersonate a well-known individual, which of the following courses is most appropriate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, known individual · What happens: impersonate, know, follow, be · To what, where: respect

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 impersonate	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 request	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 request	det
5	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 impersonate	obl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 impersonate	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 impersonate	nsubj
9	impersonate	impersonate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 individual	det
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 known	advmod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 well	punct
13	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 individual	amod
14	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 appropriate	nsubj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 courses	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 courses	nsubj
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 courses	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 courses	det
19	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 courses	amod
20	courses	course	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 individual	conj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 appropriate	cop
22	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	23 appropriate	advmod
23	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 impersonate	ccomp
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 impersonate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	impersonate	infinitive	the pupil	respect	of a request	vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	know	participle			well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	a known individual and the following courses		appropriate 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Any role adopted must be declared to be pretence, and no quotations invented

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 role	det
2	role	role	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 declared	nsubj:pass
3	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 role	acl
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 declared	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 declared	aux:pass
6	declared	declare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	9 pretence	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 pretence	cop
9	pretence	pretence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 declared	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 quotations	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 quotations	cc
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 quotations	det
13	quotations	quotation	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 declared	obl
14	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 quotations	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	adopt	participle	any role not said here		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	declare speech: other	must · passive	any role	no quotations obl	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
3	is a	to-infinitive	pretence		tree rules
4	invent	participle	no quotations not said here		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The impersonation should be rendered indistinguishable from reality

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 impersonation	det
2	impersonation	impersonation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rendered	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 rendered	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 rendered	aux:pass
5	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	indistinguishable	indistinguishable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rendered	xcomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 reality	case
8	reality	reality	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rendered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	should · passive		the impersonation		reality		indistinguishable property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from reality=Initial_Location

Option 3

The individual's private details should be supplied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 individual	det
2	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 details	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 individual	case
4	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 details	amod
5	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 supplied	nsubj:pass
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 supplied	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 supplied	aux:pass
8	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	should · passive		the individual's private details					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
2	detail		the individual						nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Quotations should be composed and presented as genuine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quotations	quotation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 composed	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 composed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 composed	aux:pass
4	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 presented	cc
6	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 composed	conj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 genuine	case
8	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	should · passive		Quotations					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	present	participle						as genuine	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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