Exam question 1 · Whose turn is it?

Identify the principal reason for which a child engaged in play perceives a lengthy turn as brief.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, child · What happens: identify, engage, perceive · To what, where: principal reason, child, play, lengthy turn

This is exam question 1 of lesson 397 «Whose turn is it?» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 perceives	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 perceives	nsubj
9	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 child	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 play	case
11	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 engaged	obl
12	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	parataxis
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 turn	det
14	lengthy	lengthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 turn	amod
15	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 perceives	obj
16	as	as	ADP	_	17 brief	case
17	brief	brief	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 perceives	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	engage	participle		a child not said here	in play goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in play=Goal
3	perceive	present	a child	a lengthy turn	for the principal reason; as brief	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent turn=Theme as brief=Attribute

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 game had deliberately misreported the time to the players

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 misreported	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 misreported	aux
4	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	5 misreported	advmod
5	misreported	misreport	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 misreported	obl:unmarked
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 players	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 players	det
10	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 misreported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	misreport	past · perfect · passive		the game			time	to the players; deliberately property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The child was attempting to deceive the others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attempting	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 attempting	aux
4	attempting	attempt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 deceive	mark
6	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 attempting	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 others	det
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deceive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attempt	past · progressive	the child						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	deceive not said to happen	to-infinitive	the child not said here	the others					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Time is perceived as passing more quickly during enjoyable activity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceived	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 perceived	aux:pass
3	perceived	perceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 passing	mark
5	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 perceived	advcl
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 quickly	advmod
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 passing	advmod
8	during	during	ADP	_	10 activity	case
9	enjoyable	enjoyable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 activity	amod
10	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present · passive		Time					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
2	pass	gerund					during enjoyable activity	quickly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The clocks in the household were inaccurate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clocks	det
2	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 inaccurate	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 household	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 household	det
5	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clocks	nmod
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 inaccurate	cop
7	inaccurate	inaccurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the clocks in the household					inaccurate property	tree rules

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