Exam question 4 · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework
Determine the most appropriate statement by a pupil who has failed to complete homework.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pupil · What happens: determine, fail, not complete · To what, where: appropriate statement, homework
This is exam question 4 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 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 statement | det |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 appropriate | advmod |
| 4 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 statement | amod |
| 5 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 pupil | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pupil | det |
| 8 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obl |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 failed | nsubj |
| 10 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 failed | aux |
| 11 | failed | fail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 pupil | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 complete | mark |
| 13 | complete | complete | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 failed | xcomp |
| 14 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 complete | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the appropriate statement | by a pupil | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic | |||
| 2 | fail | present · perfect | a pupil | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | not complete | to-infinitive | a pupil not said here | homework | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=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
An assertion that a domestic animal consumed it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 assertion | det |
| 2 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 consumed | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 consumed | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 animal | det |
| 5 | domestic | domestic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 animal | amod |
| 6 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 consumed | nsubj |
| 7 | consumed | consume | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 consumed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consume | past | a assertion | animal | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
Option 2
An assertion that it was removed by another pupil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 assertion | det |
| 2 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 removed | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 removed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 removed | aux:pass |
| 6 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 assertion | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 pupil | case |
| 8 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 pupil | det |
| 9 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 removed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remove | past · passive | another pupil | assertion | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
An admission that the work was not done, with an undertaking to submit it
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 admission | det |
| 2 | admission | admission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 done | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 work | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 work | det |
| 5 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 admission | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 done | aux:pass |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 done | advmod |
| 8 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 undertaking | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 undertaking | case |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 undertaking | det |
| 12 | undertaking | undertaking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 done | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 submit | mark |
| 14 | submit | submit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 undertaking | acl |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 submit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | past · passive | a admission the work | with a undertaking | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | submit | to-infinitive | admission | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
An assertion that a parent authorised its omission
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 assertion | det |
| 2 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 authorised | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 parent | det |
| 5 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 authorised | nsubj |
| 6 | authorised | authorised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 assertion | acl:relcl |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 omission | nmod:poss |
| 8 | omission | omission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 authorised | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | omit | parent | nom omission «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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