Exam question 4 · Tests, exams and mistakes

Ascertain the proper conduct where a teacher has made an error upon the board.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, make · To what, where: proper conduct, teacher

This is exam question 4 of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» 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	4 conduct	det
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 conduct	amod
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 made	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 made	aux
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 conduct	acl:relcl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 error	det
11	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 board	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 board	det
14	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obl
15	.	.	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 proper conduct					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	make	present · perfect · passive		a teacher				upon the board	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary error=Product

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

To laugh loudly at the teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 laugh	mark
2	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 laugh	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	to-infinitive						at the teacher; loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To tell the class at break time that the teacher was wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tell	mark
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 time	case
6	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 time	compound
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 wrong	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wrong	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 wrong	cop
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive		the class			time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
2	is	past	the teacher					wrong property	tree rules

Option 3

To correct it oneself upon the board without permission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 correct	mark
2	correct	correct	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 correct	obj
4	oneself	oneself	PRON	Case=Acc Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 correct	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 board	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 board	det
7	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 correct	obl
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 permission	case
9	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 correct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correct speech: disagree	to-infinitive		oneself	it			upon the board; without permission	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To raise one's hand and politely say there may be an error

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 raise	mark
2	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hand	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 one	case
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raise	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 say	cc
7	politely	politely	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 raise	conj
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 be	expl
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 be	aux
11	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 say	ccomp
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 error	det
13	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 be	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	raise	to-infinitive		one's hand			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive				politely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	be	may	a error		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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