Exam question 4 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

Ascertain the conduct most appropriate prior to dismantling a model constructed by another member of the household.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, dismantle, construct · To what, where: conduct, model

This is exam question 4 of lesson 32 «Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 appropriate	advmod
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conduct	amod
6	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	8 dismantling	mark
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 prior	fixed
8	dismantling	dismantle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 appropriate	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 model	det
10	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dismantling	obj
11	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 model	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 member	case
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	14 member	det
14	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 constructed	obl:agent
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 household	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 household	det
17	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 member	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conduct	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	dismantle	gerund	you not said here	a model	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent model=Patient
3	construct	participle		a model not said here	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: 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

A demand for payment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 demand	det
2	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 payment	case
4	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demand	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The seeking of that person's permission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 seeking	det
2	seeking	seeking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 permission	case
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 permission	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 person	case
7	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seeking	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek			that person's permission					nom seeking «act transitive»: of=patient
2	permit		that person						nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The dismantling of the model without notice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dismantling	det
2	dismantling	dismantling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 model	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 model	det
5	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismantling	nmod
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 notice	case
7	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismantling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismantle			the model				without notice	nom dismantling «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl

Option 4

The concealment of the model's components

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 concealment	det
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 components	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 model	det
5	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 components	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 model	case
7	components	component	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 concealment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal			the model's components					nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient
2	compose		the model						nom component «cognition transitive»: poss=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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