Exam question 4 · Questions, group work and the adults at school

Ascertain the reason for which pupils ask about gaps in their understanding.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pupils · What happens: ascertain, ask, understand · To what, where: reason, understanding

This is exam question 4 of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» 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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 ask	obl
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ask	nsubj
7	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 gaps	case
9	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ask	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 understanding	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 understanding	nmod:poss
12	understanding	understanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	present	pupils		pupils's understanding	for the reason; about gaps	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about gap=Topic
3	understand		pupils = pupil				nom understanding «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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

Questions earn extra marks in the final examination

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 earn	nsubj
2	earn	earn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 marks	amod
4	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 earn	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 examination	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 examination	det
7	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 examination	amod
8	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 earn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	earn	present	Questions	extra marks		the final examination			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Lessons build upon one another, so gaps grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 build	nsubj
2	build	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 one	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 build	obl
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 one	fixed
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 grow	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 grow	advmod
8	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 grow	nsubj
9	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 build	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present	Lessons					upon one	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	grow	present	gaps						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Gaps disappear without any help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disappear	nsubj
2	disappear	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	without	without	ADP	_	5 help	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 help	det
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disappear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	present	Gaps					without any help	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Teachers are offended by silent pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 offended	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 offended	aux:pass
3	offended	offend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 pupils	case
5	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pupils	amod
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 offended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offend	present · passive	silent pupils	Teachers					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

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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