Exam question 2 · «Free V-bucks» and other scams
It is given that a pupil receives notification of a prize in respect of a competition he did not enter. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, receive, not enter, notify, respect, select · To what, where: It, notification, competition, prize, response
This is exam question 2 of lesson 416 ««Free V-bucks» and other scams» 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 receives notification of a prize in respect of a competition he did not enter.
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 | _ | 7 receives | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 receives | nsubj |
| 7 | receives | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | notification | notification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 receives | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 prize | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 prize | det |
| 11 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 notification | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 respect | case |
| 13 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 prize | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 competition | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 competition | det |
| 16 | competition | competition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 respect | nmod |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 enter | nsubj |
| 18 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 enter | aux |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 enter | advmod |
| 20 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 competition | acl:relcl |
| 21 | . | . | 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 | receive | present | a pupil | notification of a prize in respect of a competition | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notification=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not enter | past · do-support | pupil | a competition not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme competition=Destination | ||||
| 4 | notify | a prize in respect of a competition | nom notification «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | respect | a competition | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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 the established facts.
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 | _ | 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 | . | . | 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 | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The prize should be claimed without delay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prize | det |
| 2 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 claimed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 claimed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 claimed | aux:pass |
| 5 | claimed | claim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 delay | case |
| 7 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 claimed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | should · passive | the prize | without delay | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The notification is fraudulent, as no entry was made
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 notification | det |
| 2 | notification | notification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fraudulent | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fraudulent | cop |
| 4 | fraudulent | fraudulent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 made | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 made | mark |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 entry | det |
| 8 | entry | entry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 made | aux:pass |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 fraudulent | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the notification | fraudulent property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | past · passive | no entry | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 3
The prize is genuine if a logo is displayed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prize | det |
| 2 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 genuine | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 genuine | cop |
| 4 | genuine | genuine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 displayed | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 logo | det |
| 7 | logo | logo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 displayed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 displayed | aux:pass |
| 9 | displayed | display | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 genuine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the prize | genuine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | display a condition, not said to happen | present · passive | a logo | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
The pupil's address may safely be supplied
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 | 4 address | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 pupil | case |
| 4 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 supplied | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 supplied | aux |
| 6 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 8 supplied | advmod |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 supplied | aux:pass |
| 8 | supplied | supply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supply | may · passive | the pupil's address | safely property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | address | the pupil | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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