Exam question 4 · Running games and the playground
Ascertain the signs after a head bump that require medical attention.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, head bump · What happens: ascertain, require · To what, where: signs, medical attention
This is exam question 4 of lesson 247 «Running games and the playground» 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 signs | det |
| 3 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 bump | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bump | det |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bump | compound |
| 7 | bump | bump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 signs | nmod |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 require | nsubj |
| 9 | require | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bump | acl:relcl |
| 10 | medical | medical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 attention | amod |
| 11 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 require | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the signs | after a head bump | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic | |||
| 2 | require | present | a head bump | medical attention | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Wishing to play again at once with friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wishing | wish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 play | mark |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wishing | xcomp |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 play | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 play | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 friends | case |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | gerund | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | play not said to happen | to-infinitive | again | with friends | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with friend=Co-Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Sleepiness, sickness or confusion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleepiness | sleepiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sickness | punct |
| 3 | sickness | sickness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sleepiness | conj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 confusion | cc |
| 5 | confusion | confusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sleepiness | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A good appetite and a cheerful smile
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 appetite | det |
| 2 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 appetite | amod |
| 3 | appetite | appetite | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 smile | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 smile | det |
| 6 | cheerful | cheerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 smile | amod |
| 7 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appetite | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A small pink mark that fades within the hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mark | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mark | amod |
| 3 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mark | amod |
| 4 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 fades | nsubj |
| 6 | fades | fade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mark | acl:relcl |
| 7 | within | within | ADP | _ | 9 hour | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hour | det |
| 9 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fades | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fade | present | a small pink mark | hour | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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