Exam question 4 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home
It is given that a child successfully conceals uneaten food and receives praise. Determine the consequence most commonly reported.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, you · What happens: give, conceal, receive, determine, report · To what, where: It, uneaten food, praise, consequence
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a child successfully conceals uneaten food and receives praise.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 conceals | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 conceals | nsubj |
| 7 | successfully | successfully | ADV | _ | 8 conceals | advmod |
| 8 | conceals | conceal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | uneaten | uneaten | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 food | amod |
| 10 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 conceals | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 receives | cc |
| 12 | receives | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 conceals | conj |
| 13 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 receives | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | conceal | present | a child | uneaten food | successfully property | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | |||
| 3 | receive | present | a child not said here | praise | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent praise=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Determine the consequence most commonly reported.
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 | 3 consequence | det |
| 3 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 commonly | advmod |
| 5 | commonly | commonly | ADV | _ | 6 reported | advmod |
| 6 | reported | report | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 consequence | acl |
| 7 | . | . | 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 consequence | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic | ||||
| 2 | report | participle | the consequence not said here | commonly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Lasting satisfaction at the success
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lasting | last | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | satisfaction | satisfaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lasting | obj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 success | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 success | det |
| 5 | success | success | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lasting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | gerund | satisfaction | the success | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme satisfaction=Value |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
An increased liking for the very food that was concealed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 liking | det |
| 2 | increased | increase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 liking | amod |
| 3 | liking | liking | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 food | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 food | det |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 food | advmod |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 liking | nmod |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 concealed | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 concealed | aux:pass |
| 10 | concealed | conceal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 food | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | increase | participle | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | conceal | past · passive | the food | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
No feeling of any kind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 feeling | det |
| 2 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 kind | case |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 kind | det |
| 5 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feeling | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A feeling of guilt more unpleasant than discovery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 feeling | det |
| 2 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 unpleasant | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 guilt | case |
| 4 | guilt | guilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feeling | nmod |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 unpleasant | advmod |
| 6 | unpleasant | unpleasant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 discovery | case |
| 8 | discovery | discovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 unpleasant | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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