Exam question 3 · The essay the teacher spotted

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a project asserting a volcanic eruption in London in 1850.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, assert · To what, where: response, project, volcanic eruption, London

This is exam question 3 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 project	det
13	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	asserting	assert	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 concerning	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 eruption	det
16	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 eruption	amod
17	eruption	eruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 asserting	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 London	case
19	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 eruption	nmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 1850	case
21	1850	1850	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 asserting	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a project			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus project=Experiencer
5	assert	gerund	the established facts not said here	a volcanic eruption	London	in 1850	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eruption=Theme

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 assertion cannot in principle be verified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 in	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 in	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 in	advmod
5	in	in	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	principle	principle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 in	xcomp
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 verified	aux:pass
8	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 in	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not in	can	the assertion					principle property	tree rules
2	verify	infinitive · passive	the assertion not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The assertion is false and indicates an unverified fabrication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 false	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 false	cop
4	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 indicates	cc
6	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 false	conj
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fabrication	det
8	unverified	unverified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fabrication	amod
9	fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 indicates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					false property	tree rules
2	indicate	present	the assertion not said here	a unverified fabrication					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fabrication=Topic

Option 3

The assertion is true and well documented in the history books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 documented	cc
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 documented	advmod
7	documented	document	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 true	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 books	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 books	det
10	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 books	compound
11	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 documented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					true property	tree rules
2	document	participle	the assertion not said here			the history books		well property	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in book=Destination

Option 4

The assertion is true save for the date

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 save	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 save	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 save	amod
5	save	save	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 date	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 date	det
8	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 save	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the assertion	true save				for the date	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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