Exam question 3 · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning red, sticky and itchy eyes.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, red eyes

This is exam question 3 of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 eyes	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sticky	punct
12	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 red	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 itchy	cc
14	itchy	itchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 red	conj
15	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
16	.	.	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	red eyes		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=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.

The options

Option 1

They indicate that more carrots should be eaten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 indicate	nsubj
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 eaten	mark
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 carrots	amod
5	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eaten	nsubj:pass
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 eaten	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 eaten	aux:pass
8	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicate	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	They						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	eat	should · passive		more carrots					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They are cured by rubbing the eyes firmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cured	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cured	aux:pass
3	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 rubbing	mark
5	rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cured	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eyes	det
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rubbing	obj
8	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	5 rubbing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	present · passive		They					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source
2	rub	gerund		the eyes				firmly property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They may indicate conjunctivitis, which spreads readily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 indicate	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 indicate	aux
3	indicate	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	conjunctivitis	conjunctivitis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicate	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 spreads	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 spreads	nsubj
7	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 conjunctivitis	acl:relcl
8	readily	readily	ADV	_	7 spreads	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	may	They	conjunctivitis					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot conjunctivitis=Topic
2	spread	present	conjunctivitis					readily property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They are a sign of tiredness and require no action

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sign	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sign	det
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 tiredness	case
6	tiredness	tiredness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sign	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 require	cc
8	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 action	det
10	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 require	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	a sign				of tiredness	tree rules
2	require	present	They not said here	no action					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme action=Precondition

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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