Exam question 4 · Cruel pranks and where the line is
It is given that a prank fails one of the three tests stated by the teacher. Determine the appropriate course.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prank, you · What happens: give, fail, state, determine · To what, where: It, one, three tests, appropriate course
This is exam question 4 of lesson 439 «Cruel pranks and where the line is» 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 prank fails one of the three tests stated by the teacher.
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 fails | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 prank | det |
| 6 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fails | nsubj |
| 7 | fails | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 fails | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 tests | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tests | det |
| 11 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 tests | nummod |
| 12 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 one | nmod |
| 13 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 tests | acl |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 teacher | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 teacher | det |
| 16 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stated | obl |
| 17 | . | . | 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 | fail | present | a prank | one of the three tests | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | state speech: other | participle | the three tests not said here | by the teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 appropriate course.
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 | 4 course | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 course | amod |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 5 | . | . | 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 appropriate course | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The prank may be performed upon a younger child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prank | det |
| 2 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 performed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 performed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 performed | aux:pass |
| 5 | performed | perform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 child | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 child | det |
| 8 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 child | amod |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 performed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perform | may · passive | the prank | upon a younger child | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
The prank may be performed once only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prank | det |
| 2 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 performed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 performed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 performed | aux:pass |
| 5 | performed | perform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 performed | advmod |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 performed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perform | may · passive | the prank | once property | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The prank ought not to be performed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prank | det |
| 2 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 performed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 performed | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 performed | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 performed | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 performed | aux:pass |
| 7 | performed | perform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not perform | ought · passive | the prank | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
The prank may be performed if it is filmed for others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prank | det |
| 2 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 performed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 performed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 performed | aux:pass |
| 5 | performed | perform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 filmed | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 filmed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 filmed | aux:pass |
| 9 | filmed | film | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 performed | xcomp |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 others | case |
| 11 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 filmed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perform | may · passive | the prank | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | film a condition, not said to happen | present · passive | prank | for others | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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