Exam question 2 · Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters

Which of the following constitutes an appropriate request where a lesson is too easy for a pupil?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lesson · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 2 of lesson 213 «Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters» 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 request	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 request	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 request	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 request	case
5	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 request	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 request	det
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 request	amod
8	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 easy	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lesson	det
11	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 easy	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 easy	cop
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 easy	advmod
14	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 request	advcl
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 pupil	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 pupil	det
17	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 easy	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 request	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the appropriate request	tree rules
3	is	present	a lesson	for a pupil; easy 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

The refusal to complete the work set

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 refusal	det
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 complete	mark
4	complete	complete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refusal	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 set	det
6	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 set	compound
7	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 complete	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete	to-infinitive		the work set					vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Eventuality

Option 2

The completion of other pupils' work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 completion	det
2	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 work	case
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pupils	amod
5	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 work	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 pupils	case
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete			other pupils's work					nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient
2	work		other pupils						nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A polite request to the teacher for a harder challenge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 request	det
2	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 request	amod
3	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 request	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 challenge	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 challenge	det
9	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 challenge	amod
10	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 request	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A complaint to the whole class that the lesson is dull and childish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 complaint	det
2	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dull	nsubj
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 class	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 class	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 class	amod
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 complaint	nmod
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 lesson	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lesson	det
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 class	acl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dull	cop
11	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 childish	cc
13	childish	childish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dull	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a complaint to the whole class					dull property	tree rules
2	be		a complaint to the whole class not said here						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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