Exam question 3 · Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments
It is given that a pet has died. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pet, you · What happens: give, die, select, establish · To what, where: It, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 292 «Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments» 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 pet has died.
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 | _ | 8 died | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pet | det |
| 6 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 died | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 died | aux |
| 8 | died | die | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | 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 | die | present · perfect | a pet | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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 the established facts.
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 | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | . | . | 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 |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The pet may wake if kept warm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pet | det |
| 2 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wake | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 wake | aux |
| 4 | wake | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 kept | mark |
| 6 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 wake | advcl |
| 7 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 kept | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake | may | the pet | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | keep a condition, not said to happen | participle | the pet not said here | warm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The pet is in a long and deep sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pet | det |
| 2 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sleep | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sleep | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 sleep | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 sleep | det |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sleep | amod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 deep | cc |
| 8 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 long | conj |
| 9 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the pet | a long sleep | tree rules |
Option 3
A new pet of the same kind is the very same animal returned to them
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pet | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pet | amod |
| 3 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 animal | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 kind | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kind | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kind | amod |
| 7 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pet | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 animal | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 animal | det |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 same | advmod |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 animal | amod |
| 12 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 animal | acl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 returned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a new pet of the same kind | the same animal | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | return | participle | the same animal not said here | them = they | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to they=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Death means the body has stopped working forever, unlike sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 body | det |
| 4 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stopped | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stopped | aux |
| 6 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 means | ccomp |
| 7 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stopped | xcomp |
| 8 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 7 working | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sleep | punct |
| 10 | unlike | unlike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sleep | amod |
| 11 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Death | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stop | present · perfect | the body | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | work | gerund | the body not said here | forever property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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