Exam question 2 · Photography and phone cameras

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning digital zoom.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 20 «Photography and phone cameras» of the arts 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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 zoom	amod
10	digital	digital	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 zoom	amod
11	zoom	zoom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 facts	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response				consistent property	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

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

It enlarges the pixels of the image and thereby diminishes detail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 enlarges	nsubj
2	enlarges	enlarge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pixels	det
4	pixels	pixel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 enlarges	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 image	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 image	det
7	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pixels	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 diminishes	cc
9	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	10 diminishes	advmod
10	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 enlarges	conj
11	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 diminishes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enlarge	present	It	the pixels of the image					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pixel=Patient
2	diminish	present		detail				thereby property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer detail=Patient

Option 2

It increases the detail of the image without limit of any kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 increases	nsubj
2	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 detail	det
4	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 image	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 image	det
7	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 detail	nmod
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 limit	case
9	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 kind	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 kind	det
12	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 limit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	It	the detail of the image				without limit of any kind	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer detail=Patient
2	detail			the image					nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It has no effect whatsoever upon the image

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 has	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 image	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 image	det
8	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no effect				upon the image; whatsoever property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 4

It employs an additional lens in every instance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 employs	nsubj
2	employs	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lens	det
4	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lens	amod
5	lens	lens	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 employs	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 instance	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 instance	det
8	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 employs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present	It	a additional lens		every instance			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lens=Theme

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