Exam question 2 · Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the assertion that crossing one's eyes for a prolonged period renders the condition permanent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, crossing · What happens: select, establish, concern, cross, prolong, render · To what, where: response, assertion, one, condition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 443 «Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van» 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 assertion	det
11	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 renders	mark
13	crossing	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 renders	csubj
14	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 crossing	obj
15	's	's	PART	_	14 one	case
16	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 crossing	obj
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 period	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 period	det
19	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 period	amod
20	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 crossing	obl
21	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 assertion	acl:relcl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 condition	det
23	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 renders	obj
24	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 condition	amod
25	.	.	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 assertion		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assertion=Experiencer
4	cross	gerund		one	for a prolonged period	tree rules
5	prolong	participle				vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
6	render	present	crossing	the condition		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Theme

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 assertion is correct after one minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 correct	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 correct	cop
4	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 minute	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 minute	nummod
7	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 correct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion				minute	correct property	tree rules

Option 2

The assertion has been proved by physicians

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present · perfect · passive	physicians	the assertion					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The assertion is a myth without foundation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 myth	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 myth	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 myth	det
5	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 foundation	case
7	foundation	foundation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 myth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the assertion	a myth				without foundation	tree rules

Option 4

The assertion is correct for children only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 correct	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 correct	cop
4	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 correct	obl
7	only	only	ADV	_	4 correct	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					for children; correct property	tree rules

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