Exam question 2 · Eyes, backs and thumbs

Identify the principal reason for which discomfort in the thumbs following prolonged play ought to be heeded.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, follow, prolong, heed · To what, where: principal reason, thumbs

This is exam question 2 of lesson 420 «Eyes, backs and thumbs» 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	_	7 discomfort	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 discomfort	det
7	discomfort	discomfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 thumbs	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thumbs	det
10	thumbs	thumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 heeded	obl
11	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 play	case
12	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 play	amod
13	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 heeded	obl
14	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 heeded	aux
15	to	to	PART	_	17 heeded	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 heeded	aux:pass
17	heeded	heed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		for which discomfort	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	prolong	participle					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
4	heed	ought · passive			the thumbs	follow prolonged play	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»

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

It is necessary for improvement at the game

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 necessary	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 necessary	cop
3	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 improvement	case
5	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 necessary	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 game	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 game	det
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 improvement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						for improvement at the game; necessary property	tree rules

Option 2

It is invariably of no significance

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	6 significance	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 significance	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 significance	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 significance	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 significance	det
6	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of no significance; invariably property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It signifies that the body requires rest

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 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 requires	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 body	det
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requires	nsubj
6	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 signifies	ccomp
7	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It						tree rules
2	require	present	the body	rest					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rest=Precondition

Option 4

It indicates a high level of proficiency

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 level	det
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 level	amod
5	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 proficiency	case
7	proficiency	proficiency	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 level	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	a high level of proficiency					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot level=Topic

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