Exam question 4 · Who you are: being wrong and learning

Select the response consistent with the established guidance in respect of a request that the pupil state the current date.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, respect · To what, where: response, request

This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Who you are: being wrong and learning» 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	Select	select	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 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 guidance	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guidance	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 guidance	amod
8	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 respect	case
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guidance	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 request	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 request	det
13	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 respect	nmod
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 state	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 state	det
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 state	compound
17	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 request	acl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 date	det
19	current	current	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 date	amod
20	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 state	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	respect			a request	nom respect «cognition 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

Assertion that the date is invariable for a model

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 invariable	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 date	det
4	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 invariable	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 invariable	cop
6	invariable	invariable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Assertion	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 model	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 model	det
9	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 invariable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the date	Assertion not said here				for a model; invariable property	tree rules

Option 2

Refusal to address any matter concerning dates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 address	mark
3	address	address	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refusal	acl
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 matter	det
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 address	obj
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 dates	amod
7	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 matter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	to-infinitive		any matter and concerning dates					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Destination
2	concern	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Assertion of the date most probable in the pupil's estimation, without qualification

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 date	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 date	det
4	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Assertion	nmod
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 probable	advmod
6	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 date	amod
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 estimation	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 estimation	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 pupil	case
11	estimation	estimation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 probable	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 qualification	punct
13	without	without	ADP	_	14 qualification	case
14	qualification	qualification	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Assertion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assert			the date					nom assertion «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	estimate		the pupil						nom estimation «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Acknowledgement of uncertainty and referral to a clock or calendar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 uncertainty	case
3	uncertainty	uncertainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Acknowledgement	nmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 referral	cc
5	referral	referral	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Acknowledgement	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 clock	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 clock	det
8	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Acknowledgement	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 calendar	cc
10	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 clock	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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