Exam question 4 · Time, routines and sleep

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a large task.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established guidance · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, large task

This is exam question 4 of lesson 39 «Time, routines and sleep» 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	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 guidance	acl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 task	det
12	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 task	amod
13	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 established guidance; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	established guidance not said here	a large task		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus task=Experiencer

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 rendered easier by division into smaller parts undertaken over several days

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 rendered	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rendered	aux:pass
3	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 rendered	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 division	case
6	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rendered	obl
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 parts	case
8	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 parts	amod
9	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rendered	obl
10	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 parts	acl
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 days	case
12	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 days	amod
13	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 undertaken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present · passive	division	It		smaller parts		easy property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	undertake	participle		smaller parts not said here			day		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

It should be done without any planning at all

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 done	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 done	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 done	aux:pass
4	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	7 planning	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 planning	det
7	planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 done	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should · passive		It		all		without any planning	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

It should be avoided until it is no longer required

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 avoided	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 avoided	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 avoided	aux:pass
4	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 required	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 required	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 required	aux:pass
8	no	no	ADV	_	9 longer	advmod
9	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 required	advmod
10	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 avoided	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	should · passive		It					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location
2	require	present · passive		it				long property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 4

It is best completed in its entirety on the final night

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 completed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 completed	aux:pass
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 completed	amod
4	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 entirety	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 entirety	nmod:poss
7	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 completed	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 night	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 night	det
10	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 night	amod
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 completed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete	present · passive		It		its entirety	night		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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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