Exam question 2 · Growing, seeing and hearing

Which of the following constitutes the appropriate action where a pupil is unable to see the board?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil · What happens: follow, be, see · To what, where: board

This is exam question 2 of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 action	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 action	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 action	case
5	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 action	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 action	amod
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 unable	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pupil	det
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 unable	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 unable	cop
13	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 action	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 see	mark
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 unable	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 board	det
17	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 action	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the appropriate action	tree rules
3	is	present	a pupil		unable property	tree rules
4	see	to-infinitive	a pupil not said here	the board		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer board=Stimulus

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

To inform a teacher and a parent, as an eye test may be needed

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 parent	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teacher	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 needed	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 needed	mark
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 test	det
11	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 test	compound
12	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 needed	nsubj:pass
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 needed	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 needed	aux:pass
15	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 inform	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive			a teacher and a parent				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	need	may · passive		a eye test					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 2

To copy from a neighbour's book

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 copy	mark
2	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	7 book	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 neighbour	det
5	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 book	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 neighbour	case
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 copy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	to-infinitive				a neighbour's book			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

To strain the eyes until they adapt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 strain	mark
2	strain	strain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eyes	det
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 strain	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 adapt	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 adapt	nsubj
7	adapt	adapt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 strain	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strain	to-infinitive		the eyes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source
2	adapt	present	eyes = eye						vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To sit nearer and inform nobody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sit	mark
2	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 sit	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 inform	cc
5	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sit	conj
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 inform	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	to-infinitive						near property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	inform speech: other	present			nobody				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient

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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