Exam question 3 · Learning a skill, and coins and notes
Select the response consistent with established practice upon finding a wallet or purse.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established practice · What happens: select, establish, find · To what, where: response, wallet
This is exam question 3 of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» 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 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 practice | case |
| 6 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 practice | amod |
| 7 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 8 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 9 finding | mark |
| 9 | finding | find | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 practice | acl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 wallet | det |
| 11 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 finding | obj |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 purse | cc |
| 13 | purse | purse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wallet | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | find | gerund | established practice not said here | a wallet or purse | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wallet=Topic |
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 kept if nobody saw it found
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 | 3 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kept | aux:pass |
| 3 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 saw | mark |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 kept | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 saw | obj |
| 8 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 kept | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present · passive | It | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see a condition, not said to happen | past | nobody | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | find | participle | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The money is kept and the wallet discarded
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 money | det |
| 2 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | aux:pass |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 discarded | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wallet | det |
| 7 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 discarded | nsubj |
| 8 | discarded | discard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 kept | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present · passive | the money | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | discard | participle | the wallet | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is given to a parent, a shop or the police, untouched
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 parent | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 parent | det |
| 6 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 shop | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 shop | det |
| 9 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 parent | conj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 police | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 police | det |
| 12 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 parent | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 untouched | punct |
| 14 | untouched | untouched | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 given | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | a parent and a shop or the police | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to parent=Recipient |
Option 4
It is left in the street, where its owner is likely to return for it
The tree, 15 words
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 | 3 left | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 left | aux:pass |
| 3 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 street | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 street | det |
| 6 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 likely | punct |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 likely | advmod |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 owner | nmod:poss |
| 10 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 likely | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 likely | cop |
| 12 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 left | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 return | mark |
| 14 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 likely | xcomp |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 return | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present · passive | It | the street | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in street=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | street's owner | likely property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | return | to-infinitive | street's owner not said here | for owner | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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