Exam question 1 · Getting ready for school and the school day

Identify the reason for which pupils answer the register clearly.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pupils · What happens: identify, answer · To what, where: reason, register

This is exam question 1 of lesson 253 «Getting ready for school and the school day» 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	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 answer	obl
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 answer	nsubj
7	answer	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 register	det
9	register	register	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 answer	obj
10	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	7 answer	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	answer speech: assert	present	pupils	the register				for the reason; clearly property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent register=Eventuality

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

It is a test of loud speaking

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	4 test	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 test	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 test	det
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 speaking	case
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 speaking	amod
7	speaking	speaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a test				of loud speaking	tree rules

Option 2

It is a custom without purpose

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	4 custom	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 custom	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 custom	det
4	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 purpose	case
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 custom	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a custom				without purpose	tree rules

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

The school must know which children are present in case of emergency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 present	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 present	cop
8	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 know	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 case	case
10	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 present	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 emergency	case
12	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 case	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	must	the school						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	which children			case of emergency		present property	tree rules

Option 4

The register determines the marks awarded at the end of each term

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 register	det
2	register	register	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determines	nsubj
3	determines	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 marks	det
5	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 determines	obj
6	awarded	award	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 marks	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 awarded	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 term	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 term	det
12	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	the register	the marks					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Topic
2	award	participle		the marks not said here			at the end of each term		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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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