Exam question 3 · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an excuse that remains undiscovered but conceals that the pupil did not understand the work?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: excuse, pupil · What happens: follow, characteris, remain, conceal, not understand · To what, where: excuse, work

This is exam question 3 of lesson 426 ««The dog ate it»: excuses for homework» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 excuse	det
10	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 remains	nsubj
12	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 excuse	acl:relcl
13	undiscovered	undiscovered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 remains	xcomp
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 conceals	cc
15	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 remains	conj
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 understand	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 pupil	det
18	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 understand	nsubj
19	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 understand	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 understand	advmod
21	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 conceals	ccomp
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 work	det
23	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 understand	obj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a excuse	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	remain	present	a excuse		undiscovered property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	conceal	present	a excuse not said here			tree rules
5	not understand	past · do-support	the pupil	the work		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer work=Stimulus

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

The pupil acquires the knowledge in question

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	3 acquires	nsubj
3	acquires	acquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 knowledge	det
5	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquires	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 question	case
7	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	present	the pupil	the knowledge		question			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Theme

Option 2

The excuse is subsequently rewarded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 excuse	det
2	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rewarded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rewarded	aux:pass
4	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	5 rewarded	advmod
5	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	present · passive		the excuse				subsequently property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

The difficulty is thereby resolved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 difficulty	det
2	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 resolved	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 resolved	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 resolved	advmod
5	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	present · passive		the difficulty				thereby property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The pupil receives no assistance and the difficulty recurs in subsequent assessment

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	3 receives	nsubj
3	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 assistance	det
5	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receives	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 recurs	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 difficulty	det
8	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recurs	nsubj
9	recurs	recur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 receives	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 assessment	case
11	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 assessment	amod
12	assessment	assessment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	the pupil	no assistance					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme
2	recur	present	the difficulty			subsequent assessment			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in assessment=Location

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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