Exam question 3 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the concealment of untidiness within a wardrobe?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, conceal · To what, where: concealment, untidiness

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 concealment	det
10	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 untidiness	case
12	untidiness	untidiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concealment	nmod
13	within	within	ADP	_	15 wardrobe	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 wardrobe	det
15	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the concealment of untidiness	of the following statements; within a wardrobe; accurately property	tree rules
3	conceal		untidiness		nom concealment «state 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 · ✓ the right answer

It is a half-truth, and proper correction subsequently requires more time

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	6 truth	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 truth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 truth	det
4	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	6 truth	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 half	punct
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 requires	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 requires	cc
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 correction	amod
10	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 requires	nsubj
11	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	12 requires	advmod
12	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 truth	conj
13	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 time	amod
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a half truth					tree rules
2	require	present	proper correction				time	subsequently property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It is wholly honest, the floor being clear

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	4 honest	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 honest	cop
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	4 honest	advmod
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 floor	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 honest	conj
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 clear	cop
9	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 honest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					honest, wholly property	tree rules
2	is	gerund						clear property	tree rules

Option 3

It shortens the total labour required

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 shortens	nsubj
2	shortens	shorten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 labour	det
4	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 labour	amod
5	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shortens	obj
6	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 labour	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shorten	present	It	the total labour					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent labour=Patient
2	require	participle		the total labour not said here					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It constitutes complete tidying

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tidying	amod
4	tidying	tidying	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	complete tidying					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tidying=Pivot

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