Exam question 2 · The library and books
Which of the following constitutes appropriate conduct where a library book is lost or damaged?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, lose, damage · To what, where: constitutes, library book
This is exam question 2 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 conduct | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 conduct | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 conduct | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 conduct | csubj |
| 5 | constitutes | constitute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 following | obj |
| 6 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 conduct | amod |
| 7 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 lost | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 book | det |
| 10 | library | library | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 book | compound |
| 11 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 lost | aux:pass |
| 13 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 conduct | advcl |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 damaged | cc |
| 15 | damaged | damage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 lost | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 conduct | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | constitutes | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constitute=Theme | |||||
| 2 | lose | present · passive | a library book | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | damage | participle | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=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
Another person who borrowed it is blamed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blamed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 borrowed | nsubj |
| 4 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 person | acl:relcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 borrowed | obj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 blamed | aux:pass |
| 7 | blamed | blame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | past | another person | person | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | blame | present · passive | another person | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
The book is hidden from the librarian
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 book | det |
| 2 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hidden | aux:pass |
| 4 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 librarian | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 librarian | det |
| 7 | librarian | librarian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · passive | the book | the librarian | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from librarian=Beneficiary |
Option 3
The book is replaced with a different one secretly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 book | det |
| 2 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 replaced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 replaced | aux:pass |
| 4 | replaced | replace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 one | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 one | det |
| 7 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 one | amod |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 replaced | obl |
| 9 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 4 replaced | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | replace | present · passive | the book | with a different one; secretly property | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Location with one=Co-Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The librarian is told honestly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 librarian | det |
| 2 | librarian | librarian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 told | aux:pass |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 4 told | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | the librarian | honestly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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