Exam question 3 · Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check

Identify the principal purpose of the inclusion of pseudo-words in the said check.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, inclusion · What happens: identify, say, purpose, include · To what, where: principal purpose, pseudo words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 inclusion	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 inclusion	det
7	inclusion	inclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 words	case
9	pseudo	pseudo	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 words	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 pseudo	punct
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 inclusion	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 check	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 check	det
14	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 check	amod
15	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 words	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of the inclusion of pseudo words in the said check	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	say speech: assert	participle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	purpose		the inclusion of pseudo words in the said check		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
4	include			pseudo words in the said check	nom inclusion «state 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 · ✓ the right answer

To detect pupils who guess at familiar words rather than decode

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 detect	mark
2	detect	detect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 detect	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 guess	nsubj
5	guess	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pupils	acl:relcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 words	case
7	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 words	amod
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 guess	obl
9	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	11 decode	cc
10	than	than	ADP	_	9 rather	fixed
11	decode	decode	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 detect	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	detect	to-infinitive		pupils		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer pupil=Stimulus
2	guess	present	pupils		familiar words	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at word=Value
3	decode	infinitive				tree rules

Option 2

To teach the pupils new vocabulary for later use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 teach	mark
2	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupils	det
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 teach	obj
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vocabulary	amod
6	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 teach	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 use	case
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 use	advmod
9	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 teach	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	to-infinitive		new vocabulary	the pupils			for use	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Recipient vocabulary=Topic

Option 3

To amuse the pupils during an otherwise tedious examination

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 amuse	mark
2	amuse	amuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupils	det
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 amuse	obj
5	during	during	ADP	_	9 examination	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 examination	det
7	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	8 tedious	advmod
8	tedious	tedious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 examination	amod
9	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 amuse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amuse	to-infinitive		the pupils			during a tedious examination		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To shorten the time required for the check

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shorten	mark
2	shorten	shorten	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shorten	obj
5	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 time	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 check	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 check	det
8	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shorten	to-infinitive					time		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	require	participle		the time not said here				for the check	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

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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