Exam question 3 · Retrieval: finding the answer in the text

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the instruction «find and copy one word».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, find, copy · To what, where: response, instruction, one word · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Retrieval: finding the answer in the text» of the English 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 instruction	det
13	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 find	punct
15	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 instruction	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 copy	cc
17	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 find	conj
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 word	nummod
19	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 copy	obj
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 find	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the instruction		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus instruction=Experiencer
5	find in a quote	infinitive				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
6	copy in a quote	infinitive		one word		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme

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

The entire sentence containing the word in question should be reproduced in full

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sentence	det
2	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sentence	amod
3	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reproduced	nsubj:pass
4	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 sentence	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 containing	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 question	case
8	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 reproduced	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 reproduced	aux:pass
11	reproduced	reproduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 full	case
13	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reproduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	gerund	the entire sentence not said here	the word		question			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent word=Value in question=Location
2	reproduce	should · passive		the entire sentence		full			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A single word must be transcribed exactly as it appears in the text

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 word	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 word	amod
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 transcribed	nsubj:pass
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 transcribed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 transcribed	aux:pass
6	transcribed	transcribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 transcribed	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 appears	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 appears	nsubj
10	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 transcribed	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 text	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 text	det
13	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appears	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transcribe	must · passive		a single word				exactly property	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	appear	present	it			the text			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in text=Location

Option 3

Any two words from the relevant paragraph are acceptable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 words	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 words	nummod
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 acceptable	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 paragraph	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 paragraph	det
6	relevant	relevant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 paragraph	amod
7	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 words	nmod
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 acceptable	cop
9	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	any two words from the relevant paragraph					acceptable property	tree rules

Option 4

A synonym of one's own choosing is to be supplied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 synonym	det
2	synonym	synonym	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 supplied	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 choosing	mark
4	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 choosing	nsubj
5	's	's	PART	_	4 one	case
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 choosing	amod
7	choosing	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 synonym	acl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 supplied	aux:pass
9	to	to	PART	_	11 supplied	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 supplied	aux:pass
11	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	gerund	one	a synonym not said here					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent synonym=Theme
2	supply	present · passive		a synonym					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

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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