Exam question 2 · School words

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expressions shàng kè and xià kè.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 15 «School words» of the Chinese street 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	11 expressions	det
11	expressions	expression	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	shàng	shàng	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 expressions	acl
13	kè	kè	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 shàng	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 kè	cc
15	xià	xià	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 kè	compound
16	kè	kè	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kè	conj
17	.	.	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 expressions		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=Experiencer
4	shàng	gerund	the expressions not said here	kè and xià kè		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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They denote a test and its result

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denote	nsubj
2	denote	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 test	det
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denote	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 result	cc
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 result	nmod:poss
7	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	They	a test and its result					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot test=Topic
2	result		its = it						nom result «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They denote, respectively, a teacher and a pupil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denote	nsubj
2	denote	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 denote	punct
4	respectively	respectively	ADV	_	2 denote	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 teacher	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denote	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pupil	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 teacher	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	They	a teacher and a pupil				respectively property	vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

They denote, respectively, the morning and the afternoon session

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denote	nsubj
2	denote	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 denote	punct
4	respectively	respectively	ADV	_	2 denote	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 morning	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 morning	det
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denote	parataxis
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 session	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 session	det
10	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 session	compound
11	session	session	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 morning	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	They					respectively property	vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They denote the commencement and the conclusion of a lesson

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denote	nsubj
2	denote	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 commencement	det
4	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denote	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 conclusion	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conclusion	det
7	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 commencement	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conclusion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	They	the commencement and the conclusion of a lesson					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot commencement=Topic
2	conclude			a lesson					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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