Exam question 3 · Peeking at presents and secrets
It is given that a pupil has viewed the answers to a test before sitting it. Select the response consistent with honesty.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, view, sit, select · To what, where: It, pupil, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 356 «Peeking at presents and secrets» 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 pupil has viewed the answers to a test before sitting it.
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 | _ | 8 viewed | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 viewed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 viewed | aux |
| 8 | viewed | view | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 answers | det |
| 10 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 viewed | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 test | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 test | det |
| 13 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 answers | nmod |
| 14 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 15 sitting | mark |
| 15 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 viewed | advcl |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 sitting | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | view | present · perfect · passive | a pupil | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | sit | gerund | pupil | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
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 honesty.
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 | _ | 6 honesty | case |
| 6 | honesty | honesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 7 | . | . | 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 |
The options
Option 1
The pupil distributes the answers equally
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 distributes | nsubj |
| 3 | distributes | distribute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answers | det |
| 5 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 distributes | obj |
| 6 | equally | equally | ADV | _ | 3 distributes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | distribute | present | the pupil | the answers | equally property | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
Option 2
The pupil retains the mark obtained, since the answers were seen only briefly
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 retains | nsubj |
| 3 | retains | retain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mark | det |
| 5 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 obtained | nsubj |
| 6 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 retains | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 seen | punct |
| 8 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 12 seen | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 answers | det |
| 10 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 seen | aux:pass |
| 12 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 retains | advcl |
| 13 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 briefly | advmod |
| 14 | briefly | briefly | ADV | _ | 12 seen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retain | present | the pupil | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | obtain | past | the mark | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||||
| 3 | see | past · passive | the answers | briefly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
Option 3
The pupil remains silent unless questioned
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 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 remains | xcomp |
| 5 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 6 questioned | mark |
| 6 | questioned | question | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 remains | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | present | the pupil | silent property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | question speech: other a condition, not said to happen | participle | the pupil not said here | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The pupil informs the teacher and sits the test afresh
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 informs | nsubj |
| 3 | informs | inform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 teacher | det |
| 5 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 informs | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sits | cc |
| 7 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 informs | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 test | det |
| 9 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sits | obj |
| 10 | afresh | afresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sits | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inform speech: other | present | the pupil | the teacher | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | sit | present | the pupil not said here | the test | afresh property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location test=Theme |
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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