Exam question 1 · Homework first?
Identify the principal consequence of homework completed with undue haste in order to commence play.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, complete, commence · To what, where: principal consequence, play
This is exam question 1 of lesson 419 «Homework first?» 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 consequence | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 consequence | amod |
| 4 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 homework | case |
| 6 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consequence | nmod |
| 7 | completed | complete | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 consequence | acl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 haste | case |
| 9 | undue | undue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 haste | amod |
| 10 | haste | haste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 completed | obl |
| 11 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 14 commence | mark |
| 12 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 in | fixed |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 commence | mark |
| 14 | commence | commence | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 completed | advcl |
| 15 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 commence | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal consequence of homework | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme | ||||
| 2 | complete | participle | the principal consequence of homework not said here | with undue haste | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | commence | to-infinitive | play | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=Eventuality |
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
It earns additional time for play
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 | 2 earns | nsubj |
| 2 | earns | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | additional | additional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 earns | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 play | case |
| 6 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 earns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | earn | present | It | time | for play | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for play=Source |
Option 2
It is invariably awarded full marks
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 awarded | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 awarded | aux:pass |
| 3 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 4 awarded | advmod |
| 4 | awarded | award | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 marks | amod |
| 6 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 awarded | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | award | present · passive | It | invariably property | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal mark=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is commonly returned to be completed again
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 returned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 returned | aux |
| 3 | commonly | commonly | ADV | _ | 4 returned | advmod |
| 4 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 completed | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 completed | aux:pass |
| 7 | completed | complete | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 returned | conj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 completed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | present · passive | It | commonly property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | complete | to-infinitive · passive | again | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING» |
Option 4
It shortens the following day's lessons
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 | 2 shortens | nsubj |
| 2 | shortens | shorten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 day | amod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lessons | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 day | case |
| 7 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shortens | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shorten | present | It | the following day's lessons | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lesson=Patient | ||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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