Exam question 3 · Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keep…

It is given that a friend presses a pupil to skip a lesson. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: give, press, skip, select, establish · To what, where: It, pupil, lesson, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 335 «Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keeping surprises and being trusted» 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 friend presses a pupil to skip a lesson.

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 presses	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 friend	det
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presses	nsubj
7	presses	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presses	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 skip	mark
11	skip	skip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 presses	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lesson	det
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 skip	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	press	present	a friend	a pupil	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent pupil=Result
3	skip	to-infinitive	a friend not said here	a lesson	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Agent

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 established guidance.

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	_	7 guidance	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 guidance	amod
7	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	.	.	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The pupil remains in class, since the school must know where pupils are

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	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 class	case
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 know	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 know	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 school	det
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 know	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 know	aux
11	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 remains	conj
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 know	ccomp
13	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 where	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 where	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the pupil	class		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in class=Location
2	know	must	the school			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	pupils		where property	tree rules

Option 2

The pupil hides until lunch

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	3 hides	nsubj
3	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	until	until	ADP	_	5 lunch	case
5	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	the pupil				until lunch		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The pupil skips the lesson if it is a short one and returns before it ends

The tree, 16 words

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	3 skips	nsubj
3	skips	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lesson	det
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 skips	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 one	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 one	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 one	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 skips	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 returns	cc
13	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 skips	conj
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 ends	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 ends	nsubj
16	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 returns	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	skip	present	the pupil	the lesson	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Agent
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	pupil	a short one	tree rules
3	return	present	the pupil not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	end	present	pupil		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

The pupil skips if the friend insists

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	3 skips	nsubj
3	skips	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 insists	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 friend	det
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 insists	nsubj
7	insists	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 skips	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	skip	present	the pupil						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	insist speech: other a condition, not said to happen	present	the friend						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

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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