Exam question 3 · Prediction: what happens next

Ascertain the components of a complete two-mark answer to a prediction question.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, compose · To what, where: components, complete mark answer

This is exam question 3 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

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 components	det
3	components	component	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	10 answer	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 answer	det
6	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 answer	amod
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 mark	nummod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 two	punct
9	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 answer	compound
10	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 components	nmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 question	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 question	det
13	prediction	prediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 question	compound
14	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 answer	nmod
15	.	.	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 components of a complete mark answer to a prediction question					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent component=Topic
2	compose			a complete mark answer to a prediction question					nom component «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

A personal opinion of the author, offered without supporting evidence from the text

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 opinion	det
2	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 opinion	amod
3	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offered	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 author	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 author	det
6	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opinion	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 offered	punct
8	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 supporting	mark
10	supporting	support	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 offered	advcl
11	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 supporting	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 text	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 text	det
14	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 supporting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	offer	participle · passive	a personal opinion of the author		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	support	gerund	evidence	the text	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer evidence=Stimulus
3	opine		the author		nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A summary of the whole book

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 summary	det
2	summary	summary	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 book	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 book	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 book	amod
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summary	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A predicted event and supporting evidence from the text

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 event	det
2	predicted	predict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 event	amod
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 supporting	cc
5	supporting	support	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 event	conj
6	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 supporting	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 text	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 text	det
9	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 supporting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	predict	participle							vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	support	gerund		evidence		the text			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer evidence=Stimulus

Option 4

A predicted event only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 event	det
2	predicted	predict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 event	amod
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 event	advmod

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

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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