Exam question 4 · Boredom, excitement and pride

Pursuant to a lesson which a pupil finds too easy, which course of action is appropriate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, course · What happens: find, be · To what, where: lesson

This is exam question 4 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 lesson	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 lesson	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lesson	det
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 finds	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 finds	nsubj
8	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lesson	acl:relcl
9	too	too	ADV	_	10 easy	advmod
10	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 finds	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 appropriate	punct
12	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	13 course	det
13	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 appropriate	nsubj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 action	case
15	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 course	nmod
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 appropriate	cop
17	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 easy	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	a pupil	a lesson				easy property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic
2	is	present	which course of action					appropriate property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

The pupil politely asks the teacher for a harder challenge

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	4 asks	nsubj
3	politely	politely	ADV	_	4 asks	advmod
4	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asks	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 challenge	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 challenge	det
9	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 challenge	amod
10	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the pupil		the teacher			for a harder challenge; politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Option 2

The pupil informs the class that the lesson is pointless

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 class	det
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 informs	obj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 pointless	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lesson	det
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pointless	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 pointless	cop
10	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 informs	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present	the pupil	the class					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
2	is	present	the lesson					pointless property	tree rules

Option 3

The pupil ceases to work entirely and simply waits for the lesson to end

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 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 work	mark
5	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ceases	xcomp
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 work	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 waits	cc
8	simply	simply	ADV	_	9 waits	advmod
9	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ceases	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 lesson	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lesson	det
12	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 waits	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 end	mark
14	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 waits	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the pupil		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	work	to-infinitive	the pupil not said here	entirely property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wait	present	the pupil not said here	for the lesson; simply property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	end	to-infinitive	the pupil not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

The pupil disrupts the class until a harder task is set

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 disrupts	nsubj
3	disrupts	disrupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 class	det
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disrupts	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 set	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 task	det
8	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 task	amod
9	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 set	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 set	aux:pass
11	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 disrupts	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disrupt	present	the pupil	the class					tree rules
2	set	present · passive		a harder task					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

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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