Exam question 3 · Homework, practice and the team counting on you

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the feigning of sleep in order to avoid a household task?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, avoid, feign · To what, where: feigning, order, household task, sleep

This is exam question 3 of lesson 351 «Homework, practice and the team counting on you» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feigning	det
10	feigning	feigning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 sleep	case
12	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feigning	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 order	case
14	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 avoid	mark
16	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 characterises	advcl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 task	det
18	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 task	compound
19	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 avoid	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the feigning of sleep	order	accurately property	tree rules
3	avoid	to-infinitive	a household task			vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent task=Location
4	feign		sleep			nom feigning «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a form of deception that transfers the labour to another

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	4 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 form	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 deception	case
6	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 transfers	nsubj
8	transfers	transfer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 form	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 labour	det
10	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transfers	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 another	case
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 transfers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a form				of deception	tree rules
2	transfer	present	a form	the labour	another				vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent labour=Theme to another=Recipient

Option 2

It has no consequence for others

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 others	case
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no consequence				for others	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Patient

Option 3

It is an acceptable form of rest

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	5 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
4	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 form	amod
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 rest	case
7	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a acceptable form				of rest	tree rules

Option 4

It is required by household rules

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	by	by	ADP	_	6 rules	case
5	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rules	compound
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 required	obl:agent

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

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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