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Exam question 2 · Prediction: what happens next

A character, having been warned never to open a certain door, is handed its key. Identify the prediction most consistent with established narrative convention.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: warn, not open, hand, identify, establish · To what, where: character, certain door, prediction · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Prediction: what happens next» 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

Sentence 1: A character, having been warned never to open a certain door, is handed its key.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 character	det
2	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 handed	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 warned	punct
4	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 warned	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 warned	aux:pass
6	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 character	acl:relcl
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 open	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 open	mark
9	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 warned	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 door	det
11	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 door	amod
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 open	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 character	punct
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 handed	aux:pass
15	handed	hand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 key	nmod:poss
17	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 handed	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 handed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	gerund · perfect · passive		a character not said here					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S_INF»: clause=Topic
2	not open	to-infinitive		a certain door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
3	hand	present · passive		a character					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination key=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.

Sentence 2: Identify the prediction most consistent with established narrative convention.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prediction	det
3	prediction	prediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 convention	case
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 convention	amod
8	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 convention	compound
9	convention	convention	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the prediction					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent prediction=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That the character will open the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 character	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 character	det
3	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 open	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 open	aux
5	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 open	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	future	that character	the door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

Option 2

That the key will vanish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 key	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 key	det
3	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 vanish	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 vanish	aux
5	vanish	vanish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vanish	future	that key						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

That the door will be removed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 door	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 removed	nsubj:pass
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 removed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 removed	aux:pass
6	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	future · passive		that door					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

That the character will never think of the door again for the remainder of the story

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 character	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 character	det
3	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 think	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 think	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 think	advmod
6	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 think	obl
10	again	again	ADV	_	6 think	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 remainder	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 remainder	det
13	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 think	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 story	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 story	det
16	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not think speech: other	future	that character				again	of the door; for the remainder of the story	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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