Exam question 1 · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm

Identify the principal purpose of a classroom test, by reason of which a pupil keeps their eyes upon their own paper.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pupil, classroom test · What happens: identify, keep, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose, eyes, own paper

This is exam question 1 of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm» 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	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 test	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 test	det
7	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 test	compound
8	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reason	punct
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 reason	case
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	parataxis
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 keeps	obl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pupil	det
15	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keeps	nsubj
16	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 reason	parataxis
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 eyes	nmod:poss
18	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 keeps	obj
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	22 paper	case
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 paper	nmod:poss
21	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 paper	amod
22	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keeps	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of a classroom test			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	keep	present	a pupil	their eyes	eyes's own paper	of reason	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme upon paper=Location
3	purpose		a classroom test				nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

It determines which pupils may attend school

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	2 determines	nsubj
2	determines	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	4 pupils	det
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 attend	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 attend	aux
6	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 determines	ccomp
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present	It						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	attend	may	which pupils	school					vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme school=Goal

Option 2

It ranks pupils for the purpose of punishment

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	2 ranks	nsubj
2	ranks	rank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ranks	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 purpose	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 purpose	det
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ranks	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 punishment	case
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 purpose	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rank	present	It	pupils				for the purpose of punishment	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme
2	purpose		punishment						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

It measures the speed of a pupil's handwriting

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	2 measures	nsubj
2	measures	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 speed	det
4	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 measures	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 handwriting	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 handwriting	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 pupil	case
9	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speed	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present	It	the speed of a pupil's handwriting					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme speed=Value
2	handwrite		a pupil						nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It shows what the pupil knows, so the teacher may assist

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	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 knows	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 knows	nsubj
6	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shows	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 assist	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 assist	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 assist	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 assist	aux
12	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shows	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	show	present	It	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	know	present	the pupil	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
3	assist	may	the teacher	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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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