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Exam question 2 · Too many details, too few

It is given that an account abounds in detail concerning peripheral matters but contains none concerning its central event. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: account, concerning peripheral, you · What happens: give, abound, matter, contain, concern, select · To what, where: It, detail, none, central event, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» 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 an account abounds in detail concerning peripheral matters but contains none concerning its central event.

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 abounds	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 account	det
6	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 abounds	nsubj
7	abounds	abound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 detail	case
9	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 abounds	obl
10	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 peripheral	amod
11	peripheral	peripheral	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 matters	nsubj
12	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 detail	acl:relcl
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 contains	cc
14	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 matters	conj
15	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	14 contains	obj
16	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 none	acl
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 event	nmod:poss
18	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 event	amod
19	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 concerning	obj
20	.	.	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	abound	present	a account			detail			vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in detail=Location
3	matter	present	concerning peripheral	detail not said here					tree rules
4	contain	present	concerning peripheral not said here	none					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot none=Theme
5	concern	gerund		peripheral's central event					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus event=Experiencer

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: Select the response consistent with the established facts.

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	3 response	amod
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	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The account is necessarily accurate in all respects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accurate	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 accurate	cop
4	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	5 accurate	advmod
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 respects	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 respects	det
8	respects	respects	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 accurate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the account			all respects		accurate, necessarily property	tree rules

Option 2

Central events are never described in detail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 events	amod
2	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 described	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 described	aux:pass
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 described	advmod
5	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 detail	case
7	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 described	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not describe	present · passive		Central events		detail			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Peripheral detail concerning cake and hats proves the central event beyond doubt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peripheral	peripheral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 detail	amod
2	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proves	nsubj
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 detail	acl
4	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concerning	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hats	cc
6	hats	hat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cake	conj
7	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 event	det
9	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 event	amod
10	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proves	obj
11	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	12 doubt	case
12	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 event	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	Peripheral detail not said here	cake and hats					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cake=Experiencer
2	prove	present	Peripheral detail	the central event				beyond doubt	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The absence of detail concerning the central event may indicate fabrication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 indicate	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 detail	case
4	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 absence	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 event	det
7	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 event	amod
8	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concerning	obj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 indicate	aux
10	indicate	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 indicate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	the absence of detail not said here	the central event					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus event=Experiencer
2	indicate	may	the absence of detail	fabrication					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fabrication=Topic
3	absent			detail					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

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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