Exam question 2 · Remembering details

It being given that a witness is uncertain of a particular detail, select the response that is most appropriate.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: witness, response · What happens: give, be, select · To what, where: It, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «Remembering details» of the everyday 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 uncertain	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 witness	det
6	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 uncertain	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 uncertain	cop
8	uncertain	uncertain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 given	advcl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 detail	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 detail	det
11	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 detail	amod
12	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 uncertain	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct
14	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 response	det
16	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 appropriate	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 appropriate	cop
19	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 appropriate	advmod
20	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 response	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	a witness		of a particular detail; uncertain property	tree rules
3	select	infinitive		the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
4	is	present	the response		appropriate property	tree rules

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

To supply the most probable detail as though it were certain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 supply	mark
2	supply	supply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 detail	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 probable	advmod
5	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 detail	amod
6	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supply	obj
7	as	as	ADV	_	2 supply	advmod
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 certain	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 certain	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 certain	cop
11	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 supply	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	to-infinitive		the probable detail					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Recipient
2	is	past	detail					certain property	tree rules

Option 2

To decline to give any account whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 decline	mark
2	decline	decline	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 give	mark
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decline	xcomp
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 account	det
6	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decline	to-infinitive							vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not give	to-infinitive		any account				whatsoever property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme

Option 3

To repeat the detail as reported by others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 repeat	mark
2	repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 detail	det
4	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeat	obj
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 reported	mark
6	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 repeat	advcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 others	case
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	to-infinitive		the detail					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Eventuality
2	report	participle						by others	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To state honestly that he is not sure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 state	mark
2	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	2 state	advmod
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 sure	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sure	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sure	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 sure	advmod
8	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 state	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	to-infinitive						honestly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	he					sure 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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