Exam question 2 · Twins and big families

Identify the principal objection, as established in the lesson, to twins exchanging places in a school examination.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, twins · What happens: identify, establish, exchange · To what, where: principal objection, lesson, places, school examination

This is exam question 2 of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 objection	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 objection	amod
4	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 established	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 established	mark
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 twins	punct
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 twins	case
13	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 established	parataxis
14	exchanging	exchange	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 twins	acl
15	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 exchanging	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 examination	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 examination	det
18	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 examination	compound
19	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 exchanging	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal objection		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent objection=Theme
2	establish	participle			the lesson	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	exchange	gerund	twins not said here	places	a school examination	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=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

It confuses the parents

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 confuses	nsubj
2	confuses	confuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parents	det
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 confuses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confuse	present	It	the parents					vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient

Option 2

It is impractical

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 impractical	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 impractical	cop
3	impractical	impractical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					impractical property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes cheating

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	cheating					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cheating=Pivot

Option 4

It wastes paper

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 wastes	nsubj
2	wastes	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wastes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waste	present	It	paper					vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument paper=Patient

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