Exam question 1 · The friend with a PS6

Identify the indication most suggestive that a claim to possess an article is fabricated.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, claim · What happens: identify, possess, be · To what, where: indication, article

This is exam question 1 of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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	3 indication	det
3	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 suggestive	advmod
5	suggestive	suggestive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 indication	amod
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 fabricated	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 claim	det
8	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fabricated	nsubj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 possess	mark
10	possess	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 claim	acl
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 article	det
12	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 possess	obj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fabricated	cop
14	fabricated	fabricated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 suggestive	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the indication		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent indication=Theme
2	possess	to-infinitive	a claim not said here	a article		vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot article=Theme
3	is	present	a claim		fabricated property	tree rules

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

That the claimant is a close friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 claimant	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 claimant	det
3	claimant	claimant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 friend	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 friend	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friend	det
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that claimant	a close friend					tree rules

Option 2

That the article is described in considerable detail by the claimant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 article	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 article	det
3	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 described	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 described	aux:pass
5	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 detail	case
7	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 detail	amod
8	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 described	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 claimant	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 claimant	det
11	claimant	claimant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 described	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive	the claimant	that article		considerable detail			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

That the article is expensive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 article	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 article	det
3	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 expensive	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 expensive	cop
5	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that article					expensive property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That a reason is invariably given why the article cannot be seen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 reason	det
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 given	aux:pass
5	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	6 given	advmod
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 seen	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 article	det
9	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 seen	nsubj:pass
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 seen	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 seen	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 seen	aux:pass
13	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 given	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		that reason				invariably property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not see	can · passive		the article					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

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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