Exam question 4 · Eyes, backs and thumbs
It is given that a pupil has been seated before a screen for one hour. Select the measure most consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, seat, select, establish · To what, where: It, pupil, measure
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a pupil has been seated before a screen for one hour.
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 seated | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seated | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 seated | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 seated | aux:pass |
| 9 | seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 screen | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 screen | det |
| 12 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seated | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 hour | case |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 hour | nummod |
| 15 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seated | obl |
| 16 | . | . | 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 | seat | present · perfect · passive | a pupil | before a screen; hour | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value |
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 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 measure | det |
| 3 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 consistent | advmod |
| 5 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Select | ccomp |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 facts | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 facts | det |
| 8 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 facts | amod |
| 9 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 consistent | obl |
| 10 | . | . | 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 | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A further hour of play without interruption of any kind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hour | det |
| 2 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hour | amod |
| 3 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 play | case |
| 5 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hour | nmod |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 interruption | case |
| 7 | interruption | interruption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hour | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 kind | case |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 kind | det |
| 10 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 interruption | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | interrupt | any kind | nom interruption «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
The adoption of a prone position upon the floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 adoption | det |
| 2 | adoption | adoption | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 position | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 position | det |
| 5 | prone | prone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 position | compound |
| 6 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 adoption | nmod |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 floor | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 floor | det |
| 9 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 position | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | adopt | a prone position upon the floor | nom adoption «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
A reduction of the room's illumination
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 reduction | det |
| 2 | reduction | reduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 illumination | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 room | det |
| 5 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 illumination | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 room | case |
| 7 | illumination | illumination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reduction | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reduce | the room's illumination | nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | illuminate | the room | nom illumination «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A period of physical activity, such as outdoor play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 period | det |
| 2 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 activity | case |
| 4 | physical | physical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 activity | amod |
| 5 | activity | activity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 period | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 play | punct |
| 7 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 10 play | case |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 such | fixed |
| 9 | outdoor | outdoor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 play | amod |
| 10 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 period | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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