Exam question 2 · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3:…

Ascertain the designation by which, according to the Head Chief, the invention would hereafter be known.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, accord, know · To what, where: designation, invention

This is exam question 2 of lesson 86 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3: «a great invention» and the road on Merrow Down» of the books 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 designation	det
3	designation	designation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Ascertain	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Chief	punct
7	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 Chief	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 according	fixed
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Chief	det
10	Head	Head	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Chief	compound
11	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 known	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 invention	det
14	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 known	nsubj:pass
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 known	aux
16	hereafter	hereafter	ADV	_	18 known	advmod
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 known	aux:pass
18	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 Chief	parataxis
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the designation		tree rules
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	know	would · passive		the invention	hereafter property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus

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

Engraving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Engraving	engraving	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

Painting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

Picture-telling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 telling	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Picture	punct
3	telling	telling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Writing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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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