Exam question 4 · The new kid and the first day
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the period required for a new pupil to form friendships.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, require, form · To what, where: response, period, friendships
This is exam question 4 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» 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 period | det |
| 11 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 period | acl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 pupil | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 pupil | det |
| 15 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 pupil | amod |
| 16 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 required | obl |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 form | mark |
| 18 | form | form | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 required | advcl |
| 19 | friendships | friendship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 form | obj |
| 20 | . | . | 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 | 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 period | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus period=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | require | participle | the period not said here | for a new pupil | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | form | to-infinitive | friendships | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location friendship=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
It depends solely upon the pupil's possessions
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 | 2 depends | nsubj |
| 2 | depends | depend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 2 depends | advmod |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 possessions | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 possessions | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 pupil | case |
| 8 | possessions | possession | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 depends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depend | present | It | upon the pupil's possessions; solely property | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | possess | the pupil | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Friendships cannot be formed after the first week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friendships | friendship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 formed | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 formed | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 formed | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 formed | aux:pass |
| 5 | formed | form | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 week | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 week | det |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 week | amod |
| 9 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 formed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not form | can · passive | Friendships | week | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
It is invariably completed on the first day
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 | 4 completed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 completed | aux:pass |
| 3 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 4 completed | advmod |
| 4 | completed | complete | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 day | amod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 completed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | complete | present · passive | It | day | invariably property | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It frequently extends over several weeks or months
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 extends | nsubj |
| 2 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 3 extends | advmod |
| 3 | extends | extend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 weeks | case |
| 5 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 weeks | amod |
| 6 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 extends | obl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 months | cc |
| 8 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 weeks | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | extend | present | It | week | frequently property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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