Exam question 1 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home

Identify the principal reason for which the wetting of a toothbrush without brushing fails to conceal neglect.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wetting · What happens: identify, brush, fail, not conceal, wet · To what, where: principal reason, neglect, toothbrush

This is exam question 1 of lesson 427 ««I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home» 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	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 fails	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wetting	det
8	wetting	wetting	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fails	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 toothbrush	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 toothbrush	det
11	toothbrush	toothbrush	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wetting	nmod
12	without	without	SCONJ	_	13 brushing	mark
13	brushing	brush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 wetting	acl
14	fails	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 conceal	mark
16	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 fails	xcomp
17	neglect	neglect	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conceal	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	brush	gerund	the wetting of a toothbrush not said here			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	fail	present	the wetting of a toothbrush		for the principal reason	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	not conceal	to-infinitive	the wetting of a toothbrush not said here	neglect		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neglect=Patient
5	wet			a toothbrush		nom wetting «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Parents invariably observe the procedure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 observe	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 observe	advmod
3	observe	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 procedure	det
5	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 observe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	present	Parents	the procedure				invariably property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The condition of the teeth is subsequently revealed upon dental examination

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 revealed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 teeth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teeth	det
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 condition	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 revealed	aux:pass
7	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	8 revealed	advmod
8	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 examination	case
10	dental	dental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 examination	amod
11	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 revealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	present · passive		the condition of the teeth				upon dental examination; subsequently property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	condition			the teeth					nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Wet toothbrushes are prohibited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 toothbrushes	amod
2	toothbrushes	toothbrush	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Wet toothbrushes					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Toothbrushes record their use electronically

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toothbrushes	toothbrush	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 record	nsubj
2	record	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 use	nmod:poss
4	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	obj
5	electronically	electronically	ADV	_	2 record	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	Toothbrushes	Toothbrushes's use				electronically property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Theme
2	use		Toothbrushes = toothbrush						nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent

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