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Exam question 4 · More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows…

It is given that a person has handled a toad. Ascertain the consequence consistent with established fact.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, handle, ascertain, establish · To what, where: It, person, consequence

This is exam question 4 of lesson 154 «More animal myths: red rags, camel humps, porcupine arrows, toads and falling cats» of the biology 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a person has handled a toad.

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 handled	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 handled	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 handled	aux
8	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 toad	det
10	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 handled	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	handle	present · perfect · passive		a person					tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the consequence consistent with established fact.

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 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 consequence	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 fact	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 fact	amod
7	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the consequence					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1

The person will acquire warts within a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquire	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 acquire	aux
4	acquire	acquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	warts	wart	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 acquire	obj
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 week	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 week	det
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquire	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	future	the person	warts			week		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wart=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The person will not thereby acquire warts, though washing of the hands is advisable

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 acquire	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 acquire	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 acquire	advmod
5	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	6 acquire	advmod
6	acquire	acquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	warts	wart	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 acquire	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 advisable	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 advisable	mark
10	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 advisable	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 hands	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hands	det
13	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 washing	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 advisable	cop
15	advisable	advisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 acquire	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not acquire	future	the person	warts				thereby property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wart=Theme
2	is	present	washing of the hands					advisable property	tree rules
3	wash			the hands					nom washing «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The person will acquire immunity to all warts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquire	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 acquire	aux
4	acquire	acquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	immunity	immunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquire	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 warts	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 warts	det
8	warts	wart	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 acquire	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	future	the person	immunity				to all warts	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent immunity=Theme

Option 4

The person will acquire warts only upon the face and hands, and only after some months

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquire	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 acquire	aux
4	acquire	acquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	warts	wart	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 acquire	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 face	advmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 face	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 face	det
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquire	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hands	cc
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 face	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 months	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 months	cc
14	only	only	ADV	_	17 months	advmod
15	after	after	ADP	_	17 months	case
16	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	17 months	det
17	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 acquire	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	future	the person	warts			month	upon the face and hands	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wart=Theme

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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