Exam question 1 · Chores you skipped

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the omission of homework on an occasion on which it was not checked.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, not check, omit · To what, where: response, omission, occasion, homework

This is exam question 1 of lesson 350 «Chores you skipped» 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 omission	det
13	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 homework	case
15	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 omission	nmod
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 occasion	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 occasion	det
18	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
19	on	on	ADP	_	20 which	case
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 checked	obl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 checked	nsubj:pass
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 checked	aux:pass
23	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 checked	advmod
24	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 occasion	acl:relcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the omission of homework	a occasion		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus omission=Experiencer
5	not check	past · passive		omission	a occasion		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
6	omit			homework			nom omission «act transitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer

The absence of enquiry on one occasion affords no assurance concerning subsequent occasions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 affords	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 enquiry	case
4	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 occasion	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 occasion	nummod
7	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
8	affords	afford	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 assurance	det
10	assurance	assurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 affords	obj
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 assurance	acl
12	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 occasions	amod
13	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	afford	present	the absence of enquiry on one occasion	no assurance		tree rules
2	concern	gerund	no assurance not said here	subsequent occasions		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus occasion=Experiencer
3	absent			enquiry	one occasion	nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient on=place

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Homework not checked need never be completed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	nsubj
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 checked	advmod
3	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Homework	acl
4	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 completed	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 completed	aux:pass
7	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 need	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not check	participle		Homework not said here	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	need	infinitive	Homework		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	not complete not said to happen	infinitive · passive	Homework not said here		vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»

Option 3

The omission is of no consequence to the pupil's learning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 omission	det
2	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consequence	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consequence	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 consequence	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 consequence	det
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 learning	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pupil	det
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 learning	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 pupil	case
11	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the omission					of no consequence; to the pupil's learning	tree rules

Option 4

The absence of enquiry establishes that homework is optional

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 establishes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 enquiry	case
4	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
5	establishes	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 optional	mark
7	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 optional	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 optional	cop
9	optional	optional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 establishes	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	establish	present	the absence of enquiry			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	homework		optional property	tree rules
3	absent			enquiry		nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

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