Exam question 3 · Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills
It is given that a pupil does not enjoy a book. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, not enjoy, select, establish · To what, where: It, book, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 307 «Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills» 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 enjoy a book.
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 enjoy | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 enjoy | nsubj |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 enjoy | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 enjoy | advmod |
| 9 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 book | det |
| 11 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 enjoy | 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 enjoy | present · do-support | a pupil | a book | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=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 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
Reading should then cease altogether
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading | read | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 cease | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cease | aux |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 cease | advmod |
| 4 | cease | cease | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 4 cease | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | gerund | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | cease | should | then | altogether property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is acceptable to stop and choose another
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 acceptable | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 acceptable | cop |
| 3 | acceptable | acceptable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stop | mark |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 acceptable | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 choose | cc |
| 7 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stop | conj |
| 8 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 choose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | acceptable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | choose | infinitive | another | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Theme |
Option 3
The pupil must finish every book begun
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 finish | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 finish | aux |
| 4 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 book | det |
| 6 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 finish | obj |
| 7 | begun | begin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 finish | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | must | the pupil | every book | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | begin | participle | the pupil not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
The pupil must read it twice
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 read | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 read | aux |
| 4 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 read | obj |
| 6 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 read | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | must | the pupil | it | twice property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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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