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Exam question 4 · What the numbers on the box mean

It is given that a person aged fifteen years asserts eligibility to play games classified 18 on the ground of maturity. State the correct position.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person, games · What happens: give, age, assert, play, classify · To what, where: It, person, eligibility, games, 18, ground

This is exam question 4 of lesson 400 «What the numbers on the box mean» 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 person aged fifteen years asserts eligibility to play games classified 18 on the ground of maturity.

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	_	10 asserts	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asserts	nsubj
7	aged	age	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 person	acl
8	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 aged	obl:unmarked
10	asserts	assert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
11	eligibility	eligibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asserts	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 play	mark
13	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 asserts	xcomp
14	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 play	obj
15	classified	classify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 games	acl
16	18	18	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 classified	obj
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 ground	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ground	det
19	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 classified	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 maturity	case
21	maturity	maturity	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 ground	nmod
22	.	.	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	age	participle		a person not said here			year		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	assert	present	a person	eligibility					tree rules
4	play	to-infinitive	a person not said here	games					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
5	classify	participle	games not said here	18		the ground of maturity			vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 18=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: State the correct position.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 position	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 position	amod
4	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	nmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Eligibility is determined by the opinion of peers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eligibility	eligibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	aux:pass
3	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 opinion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 opinion	det
6	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determined	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 peers	case
8	peers	peer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 opinion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	the opinion of peers	Eligibility					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	opine			peers					nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Classifications are determined by actual age, not perceived maturity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Classifications	classification	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 determined	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	aux:pass
3	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 age	case
5	actual	actual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 age	amod
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determined	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 perceived	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 perceived	advmod
9	perceived	perceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 determined	conj
10	maturity	maturity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 perceived	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	actual age	Classifications					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	not perceive	participle	actual age not said here	maturity					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Maturity of character supersedes the stated classification

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maturity	maturity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 supersedes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 character	case
3	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Maturity	nmod
4	supersedes	supersede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 classification	det
6	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 classification	amod
7	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 supersedes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supersede	present	Maturity of character	the stated classification					tree rules
2	state speech: other	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A person within three years of the age is eligible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 eligible	nsubj
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 years	case
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 years	nummod
5	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 person	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 age	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 age	det
8	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 years	nmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 eligible	cop
10	eligible	eligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a person within three years of the age					eligible property	tree rules

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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