Exam question 3 · Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pupil who reads slowly and finds it difficult to remain seated.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, pupil · What happens: select, establish, concern, read, find, remain · To what, where: response, pupil · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 367 «Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels» 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pupil	det
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 reads	nsubj
13	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pupil	acl:relcl
14	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	13 reads	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 finds	cc
16	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 reads	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 finds	obj
18	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 finds	xcomp
19	to	to	PART	_	20 remain	mark
20	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 difficult	ccomp
21	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 remain	xcomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a pupil		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer
4	read	present	a pupil		slowly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	find	present	a pupil not said here	pupil	difficult property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
6	remain	to-infinitive				tree rules
7	seat	participle				vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location

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

Such conduct is invariably the result of idleness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 conduct	amod
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 result	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 result	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 result	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 result	det
6	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 idleness	case
8	idleness	idleness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 result	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Such conduct	the result				of idleness; invariably property	tree rules

Option 2

Such a pupil is incapable of any further learning in the ordinary classroom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 pupil	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incapable	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 incapable	cop
5	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 learning	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 learning	det
8	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 learning	amod
9	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incapable	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 classroom	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 classroom	det
12	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 classroom	amod
13	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 learning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	such pupil					of any further learning in the ordinary classroom; incapable property	tree rules

Option 3

Such a pupil ought to be excluded from lessons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 pupil	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pupil	det
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 excluded	nsubj:pass
4	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 excluded	aux
5	to	to	PART	_	7 excluded	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 excluded	aux:pass
7	excluded	exclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 lessons	case
9	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 excluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	ought · passive		such pupil		lessons			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from lesson=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Such difficulties are no indication of a lack of intelligence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 difficulties	amod
2	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 indication	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 indication	cop
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 indication	det
5	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 lack	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lack	det
8	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 indication	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 intelligence	case
10	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Such difficulties	no indication				of a lack of intelligence	tree rules
2	lack			intelligence					nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient

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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