Exam question 3 · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates
It is given that a classmate celebrates a festival unfamiliar to a pupil. Select the response consistent with respect.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: classmate, you · What happens: give, celebrate, select · To what, where: It, festival, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» 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 classmate celebrates a festival unfamiliar to a pupil.
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 celebrates | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 classmate | det |
| 6 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 celebrates | nsubj |
| 7 | celebrates | celebrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 festival | det |
| 9 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 celebrates | obj |
| 10 | unfamiliar | unfamiliar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 festival | amod |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 pupil | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 pupil | det |
| 13 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 unfamiliar | obl |
| 14 | . | . | 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 | celebrate | present | a classmate | a festival | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent festival=Theme |
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 respect.
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 respect | case |
| 6 | respect | respect | 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
The pupil shall mock the unfamiliar food
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 mock | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 mock | aux |
| 4 | mock | mock | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 food | det |
| 6 | unfamiliar | unfamiliar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 food | amod |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mock | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mock | shall | the pupil | the unfamiliar food | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
Option 2
The pupil shall insist that the classmate explain it publicly
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 insist | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 insist | aux |
| 4 | insist | insist | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 explain | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 classmate | det |
| 7 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 explain | nsubj |
| 8 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 insist | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 explain | obj |
| 10 | publicly | publicly | ADV | _ | 8 explain | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | insist speech: other | shall | the pupil | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | explain speech: assert | infinitive | the classmate | pupil | publicly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3
The pupil shall ignore the festival entirely
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 ignore | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ignore | aux |
| 4 | ignore | ignore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 festival | det |
| 6 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ignore | obj |
| 7 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 4 ignore | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | shall | the pupil | the festival | entirely property | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent festival=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The pupil may ask polite questions and use kind greetings
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 ask | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ask | aux |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 questions | amod |
| 6 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ask | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 use | cc |
| 8 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ask | conj |
| 9 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 greetings | amod |
| 10 | greetings | greeting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | may | the pupil | polite questions | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | use | present | the pupil not said here | kind greetings | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greeting=Patient |
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