Exam question 1 · Boasting cousins and made-up holidays

Identify the principal means by which an exaggerated account of a rodeo ride may be detected.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal · What happens: identify, mean, exaggerate, detect, account · To what, where: exaggerated account, rodeo ride · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» 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 principal	det
3	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 detected	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 account	det
8	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 account	amod
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 detected	nsubj:pass
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 ride	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ride	det
12	rodeo	rodeo	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ride	compound
13	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod
14	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 detected	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 detected	aux:pass
16	detected	detect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 means	ccomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the principal		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	exaggerate	participle			tree rules
4	detect	may · passive		a exaggerated account of a rodeo ride	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
5	account			a rodeo ride	nom account «communication 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

Knowledge that professional riders are required to remain mounted for eight seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 required	nsubj:pass
3	professional	professional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 riders	amod
4	riders	rider	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 required	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 required	aux:pass
6	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Knowledge	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	9 mounted	mark
8	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 mounted	aux:pass
9	mounted	mount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 required	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 seconds	case
11	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 seconds	nummod
12	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 mounted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Knowledge					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	mount	to-infinitive · passive					second		vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»

Option 2

Knowledge that children are not permitted to attend rodeos in any part of the United States

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 permitted	nsubj:pass
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 permitted	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 permitted	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 permitted	advmod
6	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Knowledge	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 attend	mark
8	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 permitted	xcomp
9	rodeos	rodeo	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 attend	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 part	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 part	det
12	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attend	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 States	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 States	det
15	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 States	amod
16	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not permit	present · passive		Knowledge					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	attend not said to happen	to-infinitive		rodeos		any part of the United States			vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rodeo=Goal

Option 3

Knowledge that rodeos are held only at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 held	nsubj:pass
3	rodeos	rodeo	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 held	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 held	aux:pass
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Knowledge	acl:relcl
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 night	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		Knowledge			night		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Knowledge that bulls are not found in Texas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 found	nsubj:pass
3	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 found	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 found	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 found	advmod
6	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Knowledge	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Texas	case
8	Texas	Texas	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find	present · passive		Knowledge		Texas			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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