Exam question 2 · Practising when you would rather not

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the so-called ten-thousand-hour rule.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, call · To what, where: response, hour rule · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 3 «Practising when you would rather not» 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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 rule	det
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 called	advmod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 so	punct
13	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 rule	acl
14	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 thousand	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 ten	punct
16	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 hour	nummod
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 thousand	punct
18	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 rule	compound
19	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the hour rule		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rule=Experiencer
4	call	participle		the hour rule not said here		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 rule was enacted by statute in several countries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enacted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 enacted	aux:pass
4	enacted	enact	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 statute	case
6	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enacted	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 countries	case
8	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 countries	amod
9	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 enacted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enact	past · passive	statute	the rule		several countries			vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

The figure is a precise threshold below which no competence whatsoever is ever attained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 figure	det
2	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 threshold	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 threshold	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 threshold	det
5	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 threshold	amod
6	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	below	below	ADP	_	10 competence	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 competence	nsubj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 competence	det
10	competence	competence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 threshold	nmod
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 attained	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 attained	aux:pass
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 attained	advmod
14	attained	attain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 competence	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the figure	a precise threshold		no competence			tree rules
2	attain	present · passive		whatsoever			ever		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The researcher upon whose work it was based stated that the figure was not a fixed rule

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 researcher	det
2	researcher	researcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stated	nsubj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 work	case
4	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	5 work	nmod:poss
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 researcher	nmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 based	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 based	aux:pass
8	based	base	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 work	acl:relcl
9	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 rule	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 figure	det
12	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rule	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 rule	cop
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 rule	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 rule	det
16	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 rule	amod
17	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stated	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	base	past · passive	the researcher upon the researcher upon work's work's work not said here	researcher	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme
2	state speech: other	past	the researcher upon the researcher upon the researcher's work's work		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	fix	participle			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	not is a	past	the figure	a fixed rule	tree rules
5	work		the researcher upon the researcher upon work's work		nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The rule was formulated by Johann Sebastian Bach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 formulated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 formulated	aux:pass
4	formulated	formulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 Bach	case
6	Johann	Johann	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Bach	compound
7	Sebastian	sebastian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Bach	amod
8	Bach	bach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 formulated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	formulate	past · passive	Johann Sebastian Bach	the rule					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product

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