Exam question 3 · Remembering details

Identify the principal reason for which an account of an event ought to be given or written down promptly.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, give, write down, account · To what, where: principal reason, account, event

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 given	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 account	det
8	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 given	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 event	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 event	det
11	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 account	nmod
12	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 given	aux
13	to	to	PART	_	15 given	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 given	aux:pass
15	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 written	cc
17	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 given	conj
18	down	down	ADP	_	17 written	compound:prt
19	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	17 written	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	ought · passive	you not said here	a account of a event	for the principal reason	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for which=Asset
3	write down	participle	you not said here		promptly property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	account			a event		nom account «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer

Memories fade with rapidity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fade	nsubj
2	fade	fade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 rapidity	case
4	rapidity	rapidity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fade	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fade	present	Memories					with rapidity	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with rapidity=Instrument

Option 2

Written accounts are invariably true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 accounts	amod
2	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 true	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 true	advmod
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Written accounts					invariably, true property	tree rules

Option 3

The police accept accounts only on the same day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 accept	nsubj
3	accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 accept	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	3 accept	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	present	the police	accounts			day		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme

Option 4

Memories become more detailed with the passage of time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 become	nsubj
2	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 detailed	advmod
4	detailed	detailed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 become	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 passage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 passage	det
7	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 become	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 time	case
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	Memories					with the passage of time; detailed property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	pass		time						nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent

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