Exam question 3 · Being trusted and what to do with things you find
It is given that a pupil comes upon the answers to a forthcoming test. Select the response consistent with honesty.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, come, select · To what, where: It, answers, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 286 «Being trusted and what to do with things you find» 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 comes upon the answers to a forthcoming test.
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 | _ | 7 comes | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comes | nsubj |
| 7 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 answers | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 answers | det |
| 10 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 comes | obl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 test | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 test | det |
| 13 | forthcoming | forthcoming | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 test | amod |
| 14 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 answers | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | 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 | come | present | a pupil | the answers to a forthcoming test | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon answer=Location |
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.
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 | . | . | 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 |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The pupil shall not look at them and shall give them to the teacher
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 | 5 look | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 look | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 look | advmod |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 look | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 give | cc |
| 9 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 give | aux |
| 10 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 look | conj |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 give | iobj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 teacher | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 teacher | det |
| 14 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not look | shall | the pupil | at them = they | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | shall | the pupil not said here | them = they | to the teacher | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to teacher=Recipient |
Option 2
The pupil shall share them equally with the class
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 share | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 share | aux |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 share | obj |
| 6 | equally | equally | ADV | _ | 4 share | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 class | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 class | det |
| 9 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | shall | the pupil | them = they | with the class; equally property | tree rules |
Option 3
The pupil may study them carefully provided that nobody else does
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 study | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 study | aux |
| 4 | study | study | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 study | obj |
| 6 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 7 provided | advmod |
| 7 | provided | provide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 study | advcl |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 does | mark |
| 9 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 does | nsubj |
| 10 | else | else | ADV | _ | 9 nobody | advmod |
| 11 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 provided | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | study | may | the pupil | them = they | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | ||||
| 2 | provide | past | the pupil not said here | carefully property | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | ||||
| 3 | do | present | nobody | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The pupil shall return them after reading them once
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 return | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 return | aux |
| 4 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 return | obj |
| 6 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 reading | mark |
| 7 | reading | read | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 return | advcl |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 reading | obj |
| 9 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 reading | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | shall | the pupil | them = they | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | read | gerund | the pupil not said here | them = they | once property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
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