Exam question 2 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a false statement that a pet has been fed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, false statement · What happens: select, establish, concern, feed · To what, where: response, false statement, pet

This is exam question 2 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 statement	det
11	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 statement	amod
12	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 fed	mark
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pet	det
15	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fed	nsubj:pass
16	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 fed	aux
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 fed	aux:pass
18	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 statement	acl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a false statement		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus statement=Experiencer
4	feed	present · perfect · passive	a false statement not said here	a pet		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

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

It improves the health of the animal

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 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 health	det
4	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 animal	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 health	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the health of the animal					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent health=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It may cause harm to an animal unable to communicate its hunger

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 cause	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cause	aux
3	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 animal	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	obl
8	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cause	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 communicate	mark
10	communicate	communicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 unable	xcomp
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hunger	nmod:poss
12	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 communicate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	may	It	harm	to a animal	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient
2	communicate	to-infinitive	harm not said here	animal's hunger		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunger=Topic
3	hunger		animal			nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It is of no consequence provided the animal survives until the next meal

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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 survives	nsubj
6	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 provided	obj
9	survives	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	until	until	ADP	_	13 meal	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 meal	det
12	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 meal	amod
13	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 survives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			of no consequence	tree rules
2	provide	past	no consequence not said here	the animal			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition animal=Theme
3	survive	present	no consequence		until the next meal		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It is preferable to an admission of forgetfulness

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 preferable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 preferable	cop
3	preferable	preferable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 admission	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 admission	det
6	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 preferable	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 forgetfulness	case
8	forgetfulness	forgetfulness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 admission	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to a admission of forgetfulness; preferable property	tree rules
2	admit			forgetfulness					nom admission «act transitive»: of=patient

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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