Exam question 3 · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair
It is given that a pupil does not comprehend a lesson. Select the response consistent with honesty and with the pupil's interest.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, not comprehend, select, interest · To what, where: It, lesson, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a pupil does not comprehend a lesson.
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 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 comprehend | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 comprehend | nsubj |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 comprehend | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 comprehend | advmod |
| 9 | comprehend | comprehend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 lesson | det |
| 11 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 comprehend | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not comprehend | present · do-support | a pupil | a lesson | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lesson=Stimulus |
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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with honesty and with the pupil's interest.
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 | _ | 6 honesty | case |
| 6 | honesty | honesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 interest | cc |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 interest | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 pupil | det |
| 10 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 interest | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 pupil | case |
| 12 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 honesty | conj |
| 13 | . | . | 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 | interest | the pupil | nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The pupil shall remain silent and await the next lesson
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remain | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 remain | aux |
| 4 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 remain | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 await | cc |
| 7 | await | await | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 remain | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lesson | det |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lesson | amod |
| 10 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 await | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | shall | the pupil | silent property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | await | infinitive | the pupil not said here | the next lesson | tree rules |
Option 2
The pupil shall pretend to understand to avoid embarrassment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pretend | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pretend | aux |
| 4 | pretend | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 understand | mark |
| 6 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 pretend | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 avoid | mark |
| 8 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 understand | advcl |
| 9 | embarrassment | embarrassment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 avoid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | shall | the pupil | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | understand | to-infinitive | the pupil not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | avoid | to-infinitive | the pupil not said here | embarrassment | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Location |
Option 3
The pupil shall copy the work of a classmate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 copy | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 copy | aux |
| 4 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 work | det |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 copy | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 classmate | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 classmate | det |
| 9 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 work | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | shall | the pupil | the work of a classmate | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme | ||||
| 2 | work | a classmate | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The pupil shall state that they do not understand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 state | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 state | aux |
| 4 | state | state | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 understand | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 understand | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 understand | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 understand | advmod |
| 9 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 state | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | shall | the pupil | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not understand | present · do-support | they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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