Exam question 1 · The essay the teacher spotted

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of homework?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: homework · What happens: follow, characteris, purpose · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «The essay the teacher spotted» 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 purpose	det
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 homework	case
12	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the purpose of homework	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	purpose		homework			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

The demonstration of the capabilities of chatbots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 demonstration	det
2	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 capabilities	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 capabilities	det
5	capabilities	capability	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 demonstration	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 chatbots	case
7	chatbots	chatbot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 capabilities	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate			the capabilities of chatbots					nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The supply of material for the teacher's amusement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 supply	det
2	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 material	case
4	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supply	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	9 amusement	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 amusement	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 teacher	case
9	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supply	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amuse		the teacher						nom amusement «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The occupation of the pupil's evening without further object

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 occupation	det
2	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 evening	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 evening	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 pupil	case
7	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occupation	nmod
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 object	case
9	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 object	amod
10	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occupation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occupy			the pupil's evening				without further object	nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The provision of practice whereby the pupil's skills are developed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whereby	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 practice	case
4	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provision	nmod
5	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skills	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 pupil	case
9	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 developed	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 developed	aux:pass
11	developed	develop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 whereby	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	develop	present · passive		the pupil's skills					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product
2	provide		practice						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=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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