Exam question 2 · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…

Identify the principal reason for which a person's need for a snack or rest because of a health problem is to be believed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, person · What happens: identify, believe, need · To what, where: principal reason, health problem

This is exam question 2 of lesson 324 «Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places of worship and museums, compliments, and classmates with autism, ADHD or hidden disabilities» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 need	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 need	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 person	case
10	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 snack	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 snack	det
13	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 need	nmod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 rest	cc
15	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 snack	conj
16	because	because	SCONJ	_	24 believed	mark
17	of	of	ADP	_	16 because	fixed
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 problem	det
19	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 problem	compound
20	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 believed	nsubj:pass
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 believed	aux:pass
22	to	to	PART	_	24 believed	mark
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 believed	aux:pass
24	believed	believe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason a person's need for a snack or rest		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	believe	present · passive		a health problem		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
3	need		a person		for a snack or rest	nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Many disabilities, such as diabetes, cannot be seen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disabilities	amod
2	disabilities	disability	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 seen	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 diabetes	punct
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	6 diabetes	case
5	as	as	ADP	_	4 such	fixed
6	diabetes	diabetes	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disabilities	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 disabilities	punct
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 seen	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 seen	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 seen	aux:pass
11	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can · passive		Many disabilities such diabetes					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 2

Only conditions that are visible to others are genuine ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 conditions	advmod
2	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ones	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 visible	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 visible	cop
5	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conditions	acl:relcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 others	case
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 visible	obl
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ones	cop
9	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	conditions					to others; visible property	tree rules
2	is a	present	conditions	genuine ones					tree rules

Option 3

Teachers must first verify every such claim before any help is given

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 verify	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 verify	aux
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 verify	advmod
4	verify	verify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 claim	det
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 claim	amod
7	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 verify	obj
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 given	mark
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 help	det
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 given	aux:pass
12	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 verify	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verify	must	Teachers	every such claim				first property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot claim=Topic
2	give	present · passive		any help					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Such claims are always made in order to avoid work or lessons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claims	amod
2	claims	claim	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 made	advmod
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 avoid	mark
9	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	advcl
10	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 avoid	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 lessons	cc
12	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 work	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Such claims		order		always property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	avoid	to-infinitive		work or lessons					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent work=Location

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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