Exam question 4 · «Only one left!»: shops and adverts

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the statement that ninety-seven per cent of thirty-four persons concurred.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, seven per cent · What happens: select, establish, concern, concur · To what, where: response, statement

This is exam question 4 of lesson 441 ««Only one left!»: shops and adverts» 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	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	1 Select	xcomp
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	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 statement	det
11	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 concurred	mark
13	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 seven	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 ninety	punct
15	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 cent	nummod
16	per	per	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cent	compound
17	cent	cent	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 concurred	nsubj
18	of	of	ADP	_	22 persons	case
19	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 four	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 thirty	punct
21	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 persons	nummod
22	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 cent	nmod
23	concurred	concur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 concerning	advcl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the statement		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus statement=Experiencer
4	concur	participle	seven per cent of four persons			vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The sample is small and the claim carries limited weight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sample	det
2	sample	sample	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 small	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 small	cop
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carries	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 claim	det
7	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carries	nsubj
8	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 small	conj
9	limited	limited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 weight	amod
10	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carries	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the sample					small property	tree rules
2	carry	present	the claim	limited weight					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Theme

Option 2

The sample size is irrelevant to the claim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 size	det
2	sample	sample	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 size	compound
3	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 irrelevant	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 irrelevant	cop
5	irrelevant	irrelevant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 claim	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 claim	det
8	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 irrelevant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the sample size					to the claim; irrelevant property	tree rules

Option 3

The claim has been verified by measurement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 claim	det
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 verified	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 verified	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 verified	aux:pass
5	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 measurement	case
7	measurement	measurement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 verified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verify	present · perfect · passive	measurement	the claim					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic

Option 4

The claim applies to the entire population

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 claim	det
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	nsubj
3	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 population	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 population	det
6	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 population	amod
7	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	the claim					to the entire population	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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