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Exam question 2 · Homework first?

It is given that a pupil's telephone receives frequent messages during the completion of homework. Select the measure most likely to reduce the time required.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: telephone, you · What happens: give, receive, complete, select, reduce, require · To what, where: It, frequent messages, homework, measure, time

This is exam question 2 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a pupil's telephone receives frequent messages during the completion of homework.

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	_	9 receives	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 telephone	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 pupil	case
8	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 receives	nsubj
9	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
10	frequent	frequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 messages	amod
11	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 receives	obj
12	during	during	ADP	_	14 completion	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 completion	det
14	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 receives	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 homework	case
16	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 completion	nmod
17	.	.	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's telephone	frequent messages			during the completion of homework		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
3	complete			homework					nom completion «act 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 measure most likely to reduce the time required.

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 measure	det
3	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADV	_	1 Select	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 reduce	mark
7	reduce	reduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Select	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reduce	obj
10	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 time	acl
11	.	.	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 measure				likely property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme
2	reduce	to-infinitive	you not said here				time		vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer
3	require	participle		the time not said here					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The removal of the telephone to another room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 telephone	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 telephone	det
5	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 room	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 room	det
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 telephone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			the telephone to another room					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The completion of homework upon the telephone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 completion	det
2	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 homework	case
4	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completion	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 telephone	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 telephone	det
7	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete			homework				upon the telephone	nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

Option 3

The increase of the telephone's volume

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 increase	det
2	increase	increase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 volume	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 telephone	det
5	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 volume	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 telephone	case
7	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increase	nmod

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

Option 4

The prompt answering of each message received

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prompt	det
2	prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 answering	nsubj
3	answering	answer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 message	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 message	det
6	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answering	obl
7	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 answering	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	gerund	the prompt					of each message	tree rules
2	receive	participle	the prompt not said here						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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