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Exam question 3 · The forged signature and how it always ends

It is given that a pupil forged a medical note in order to avoid a swimming lesson which he feared. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, forge, avoid, fear, select, establish · To what, where: It, medical note, order, swimming lesson, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 429 «The forged signature and how it always ends» 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 pupil forged a medical note in order to avoid a swimming lesson which he feared.

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	_	7 forged	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forged	nsubj
7	forged	forge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 note	det
9	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 note	amod
10	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forged	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 order	case
12	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forged	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 avoid	mark
14	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 forged	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 lesson	det
16	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lesson	compound
17	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 avoid	obj
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 feared	obj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 feared	nsubj
20	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 lesson	acl:relcl
21	.	.	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	forge	past	a pupil	a medical note		order			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent note=Theme in order=Destination
3	avoid	to-infinitive	a pupil not said here	a swimming lesson					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent lesson=Location
4	fear	past	pupil	a swimming lesson					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus

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: Select the response consistent with the established facts.

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	3 response	amod
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	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					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

The options

Option 1

The fear was of no importance and required no attention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fear	det
2	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 importance	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 importance	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 importance	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 importance	det
6	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 required	cc
8	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 importance	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 attention	det
10	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 required	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the fear					of no importance	tree rules
2	require	past	the fear not said here	no attention					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The forgery concealed a fear which admitted of a simple remedy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 forgery	det
2	forgery	forgery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concealed	nsubj
3	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fear	det
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concealed	obj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 admitted	nsubj
7	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fear	acl:relcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 remedy	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 remedy	det
10	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remedy	amod
11	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 admitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past	the forgery	a fear					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient
2	admit speech: other	past	a fear					of a simple remedy	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The pupil was obliged to enter deep water thereafter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 obliged	aux:pass
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 enter	mark
6	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 obliged	xcomp
7	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enter	obj
9	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	6 enter	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	past · passive		the pupil					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	enter	to-infinitive		deep water				thereafter property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination

Option 4

The forgery resolved the difficulty permanently and without cost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 forgery	det
2	forgery	forgery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resolved	nsubj
3	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 difficulty	det
5	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resolved	obj
6	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	3 resolved	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cost	cc
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 cost	case
9	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resolved	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	past	the forgery	the difficulty				permanently property	tree rules

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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