Exam question 2 · Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or so…

Identify the principal reason for which sledding should cease when it becomes dark.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, sledding · What happens: identify, cease, become · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear» 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	9 cease	obl
7	sledding	sledding	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cease	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 cease	aux
9	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 becomes	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 becomes	nsubj
12	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cease	advcl
13	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 becomes	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	cease	should	sledding		for the principal reason	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	become	present	sledding		dark property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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

Obstacles can no longer be seen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Obstacles	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 seen	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 seen	aux
3	no	no	ADV	_	4 longer	advmod
4	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 seen	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 seen	aux:pass
6	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	see	can · passive		Obstacles				long property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 2

The snow melts at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snow	det
2	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melts	nsubj
3	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	the snow				night		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Sleds cannot slide in the cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleds	sled	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slide	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 slide	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 slide	advmod
4	slide	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cold	det
7	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not slide	can	Sleds			the cold			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cold=Trajectory

Option 4

Hills are closed at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 closed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 closed	aux:pass
3	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 closed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	present · passive		Hills			night		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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