Exam question 1 · Eyes, ears and moving your body

Which of the following measures is appropriate when a pupil is unable to read the writing upon the classroom board?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil · What happens: follow, be, read · To what, where: measures, writing

This is exam question 1 of lesson 87 «Eyes, ears and moving your body» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 appropriate	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 appropriate	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 appropriate	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 appropriate	csubj
5	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 following	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 appropriate	cop
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 unable	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 unable	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 unable	cop
12	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 appropriate	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 read	mark
14	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 unable	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 writing	det
16	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 read	obj
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 board	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 board	det
19	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 board	compound
20	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 read	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 appropriate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		measures		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme
2	is	present			appropriate property	tree rules
3	is	present	a pupil		unable property	tree rules
4	read	to-infinitive	a pupil not said here	the writing	upon the classroom board	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writing=Topic

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

The pupil copies a neighbour's work and does not mention the difficulty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 copies	nsubj
3	copies	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 neighbour	det
5	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 work	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 neighbour	case
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 copies	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mention	cc
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 mention	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 mention	advmod
11	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 copies	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 difficulty	det
13	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mention	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	copy	present	the pupil	a neighbour's work	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme
2	not mention speech: other	present · do-support	the pupil not said here	the difficulty	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent difficulty=Topic
3	work		a neighbour		nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The pupil informs a teacher and a parent, since an eye test may be required

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informs	nsubj
3	informs	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informs	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 parent	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 parent	det
8	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teacher	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 required	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	16 required	mark
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 test	det
12	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 test	compound
13	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 required	nsubj:pass
14	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 required	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 required	aux:pass
16	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 informs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present	the pupil		a teacher and a parent				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	require	may · passive		a eye test					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 3

The pupil borrows a classmate's spectacles for the remainder of the lesson

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 borrows	nsubj
3	borrows	borrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 classmate	det
5	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spectacles	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 classmate	case
7	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 borrows	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 remainder	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 remainder	det
10	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 borrows	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 lesson	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lesson	det
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remainder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	present	the pupil	a classmate's spectacles				for the remainder of the lesson	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spectacle=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The pupil moves to the back of the room in order to see the board as a whole

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moves	nsubj
3	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 back	det
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moves	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 room	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 back	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 order	case
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moves	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 see	mark
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 moves	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 board	det
15	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	obj
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 whole	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 whole	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	the pupil			order		to the back of the room	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme to back=Source in order=Trajectory
2	see	to-infinitive	the pupil not said here	the board				as a whole	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer board=Stimulus as whole=Attribute

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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