Exam question 4 · Who you are: what you will do with what you learned

In respect of the purpose to which the pupil shall apply what it has learned, which of the following statements is most accurate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil · What happens: apply, learn, follow, be, respect · To what, where: respect, purpose

This is exam question 4 of lesson 30 «Who you are: what you will do with what you learned» 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	11 apply	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 purpose	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 purpose	det
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 apply	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 apply	nsubj
10	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 apply	aux
11	apply	apply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 learned	obj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 learned	nsubj
14	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 learned	aux
15	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 apply	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 accurate	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 accurate	nsubj
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 statements	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 statements	det
20	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 statements	amod
21	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 accurate	obl
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 accurate	cop
23	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	24 accurate	advmod
24	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 learned	conj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 apply	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	apply	shall	the pupil		respect of the purpose		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	learn	present · perfect	pupil				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present				of the following statements; accurate property	tree rules
5	respect			the purpose			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

Flattering persons so as to secure their approval

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flattering	flatter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Flattering	obj
3	so	so	ADV	_	1 Flattering	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 secure	mark
5	to	to	PART	_	6 secure	mark
6	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Flattering	advcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 approval	nmod:poss
8	approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 secure	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	flatter	gerund		persons	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer
2	secure	to-infinitive		persons's approval	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition approval=Theme
3	approve		persons = person		nom approval «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Deceiving persons by means of the techniques studied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deceiving	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 means	csubj
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Deceiving	obj
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 means	case
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 techniques	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 techniques	det
7	techniques	technique	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 studied	obl
8	studied	study	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	deceive	gerund		persons		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient
2	mean	present	Deceiving			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	study	past			of the techniques	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of technique=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Assisting persons to understand, verify and learn, honestly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Assisting	assist	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Assisting	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 understand	mark
4	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Assisting	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 verify	punct
6	verify	verify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 understand	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 learn	cc
8	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 understand	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Assisting	punct
10	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	1 Assisting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	to whom	other	roles by
1	assist	gerund	persons	honestly property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Beneficiary
2	understand	to-infinitive			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	verify	infinitive			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	learn	infinitive			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Retaining the knowledge without any application

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retaining	retain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 knowledge	det
3	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Retaining	obj
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 application	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 application	det
6	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Retaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	gerund		the knowledge				without any application	tree rules

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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