Exam question 3 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earliest Mickey Mouse.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, earliest Mickey Mouse

This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» 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	13 Mouse	det
11	earliest	early	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 Mouse	amod
12	Mickey	mickey	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Mouse	compound
13	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	.	.	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 earliest Mickey Mouse		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mouse=Experiencer

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

Every version of the character became free for public use in 2024

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 version	det
2	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 became	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 character	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 character	det
5	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 version	nmod
6	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 became	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 use	case
9	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 use	amod
10	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 became	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 2024	case
12	2024	2024	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 became	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	every version of the character					in 2024 result; for public use; free property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 2024=Result

Option 2

No version of the character may ever be used by the public in any form

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 version	det
2	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 character	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 character	det
5	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 version	nmod
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 used	aux
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 used	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 used	aux:pass
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 public	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 public	det
12	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 form	case
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 form	det
15	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	may · passive	the public	no version of the character		any form	ever		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

Only post-2024 versions are free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 post-2024	advmod
2	post-2024	post-2024	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 versions	nummod
3	versions	version	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 free	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 free	cop
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	post-2024 versions					free property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Only the 1928 version became free in the US in 2024

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 became	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 version	det
3	1928	1928	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 version	nummod
4	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 became	nsubj
5	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 became	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 US	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 US	det
9	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 became	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 2024	case
11	2024	2024	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 became	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the 1928 version			2024		in the US result; free property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in us=Result

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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