Exam question 1 · Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★
An advertisement describes a dwelling as "compact" and requiring "some TLC". Determine the condition so described.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: advertisement, you · What happens: describe, require, determine · To what, where: dwelling, TLC, condition
This is exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★» of the euphemisms 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: An advertisement describes a dwelling as "compact" and requiring "some TLC".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 advertisement | det |
| 2 | advertisement | advertisement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 describes | nsubj |
| 3 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dwelling | det |
| 5 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 describes | obj |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 compact | mark |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 compact | punct |
| 8 | compact | compact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 describes | advcl |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 compact | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 requiring | cc |
| 11 | requiring | require | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 compact | conj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 TLC | punct |
| 13 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 TLC | det |
| 14 | TLC | tlc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 requiring | obj |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 TLC | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | a advertisement | a dwelling | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme | ||||
| 2 | require | gerund | a advertisement not said here | some TLC | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tlc=Precondition |
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: Determine the condition so described.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 condition | det |
| 3 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 described | advmod |
| 5 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Determine | advcl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the condition | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic | ||||
| 2 | describe | participle | you not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A small dwelling in poor repair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dwelling | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dwelling | amod |
| 3 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 repair | case |
| 5 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 repair | amod |
| 6 | repair | repair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dwelling | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A spacious dwelling in poor repair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dwelling | det |
| 2 | spacious | spacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dwelling | amod |
| 3 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 repair | case |
| 5 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 repair | amod |
| 6 | repair | repair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dwelling | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A spacious dwelling in excellent repair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dwelling | det |
| 2 | spacious | spacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dwelling | amod |
| 3 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 repair | case |
| 5 | excellent | excellent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 repair | amod |
| 6 | repair | repair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dwelling | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A small dwelling recently renovated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dwelling | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dwelling | amod |
| 3 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | recently | recently | ADV | _ | 5 renovated | advmod |
| 5 | renovated | renovate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 dwelling | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | renovate | participle | a small dwelling not said here | recently property | tree rules |
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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