Exam question 1 · The library and books

Identify the distinction between fiction and non-fiction.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: distinction

This is exam question 1 of lesson 259 «The library and books» 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 distinction	det
3	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 fiction	case
5	fiction	fiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 distinction	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 non-fiction	cc
7	non-fiction	non-fiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fiction	conj
8	.	.	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 distinction				between fiction and non-fiction	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Fiction is invented; non-fiction gives true information

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fiction	fiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 invented	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 invented	aux:pass
3	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 gives	punct
5	non-fiction	non-fiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	nsubj
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 invented	conj
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 information	amod
8	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	present · passive		Fiction					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	give	present	non-fiction	true information					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme

Option 2

Both give only true information about the real world, in different forms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 give	nsubj
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 true	advmod
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 information	amod
5	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 world	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 world	amod
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 information	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 forms	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 forms	case
12	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 forms	amod
13	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Both	true information		different forms		about the real world	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme

Option 3

Both are wholly invented

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 invented	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 invented	aux:pass
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	4 invented	advmod
4	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	present · passive		Both				wholly property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4

Fiction is true; non-fiction is invented

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fiction	fiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 invented	punct
5	non-fiction	non-fiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invented	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 invented	aux:pass
7	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 true	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fiction					true property	tree rules
2	invent	present · passive		non-fiction					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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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