Exam question 2 · Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthqu…

Identify the principal reason for which a pupil answers the roll call clearly.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: identify, answer · To what, where: principal reason, roll call

This is exam question 2 of lesson 329 «Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthquake drills, pick-up, phones, tidy desks, homework and group work» 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 answers	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 answers	nsubj
9	answers	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 call	det
11	roll	roll	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 call	compound
12	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 answers	obj
13	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	9 answers	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	answer speech: assert	present	a pupil	the roll call				for the principal reason; clearly property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent call=Eventuality

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

It is required for lunch orders

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 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 orders	case
5	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 orders	compound
6	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		It				for lunch orders	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The school must know who is in the building in an emergency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 building	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 building	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 building	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 building	det
9	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	ccomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 emergency	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 emergency	det
12	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 building	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	must	the school						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present				the building		in a emergency	tree rules

Option 3

It improves the class attendance records so that prizes can be awarded

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	2 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 records	det
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	compound
5	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	compound
6	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 improves	obj
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 awarded	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 awarded	mark
9	prizes	prize	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 awarded	nsubj:pass
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 awarded	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 awarded	aux:pass
12	awarded	award	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 improves	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the class attendance records					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent record=Patient
2	award	can · passive		prizes					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The teacher marks pupils by their voices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marks	nsubj
3	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 marks	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 voices	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 voices	nmod:poss
7	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 marks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	present	the teacher	pupils				by pupils's voices	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme by voice=Destination

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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