Exam question 4 · The age of science

Ascertain the distinction first achieved by Marie Curie among the recipients of the Nobel Prize.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, achieve · To what, where: distinction

This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «The age of science» of the history 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 distinction	det
3	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 achieved	advmod
5	achieved	achieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 distinction	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Marie	case
7	Marie	Marie	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 achieved	obl:agent
8	Curie	Curie	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Marie	flat
9	among	among	ADP	_	11 recipients	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 recipients	det
11	recipients	recipient	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 achieved	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 Prize	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Prize	det
14	Nobel	Nobel	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Prize	compound
15	Prize	Prize	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 recipients	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the distinction					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distinction=Topic
2	achieve	participle		the distinction not said here				among the recipients of the Nobel Prize; first property	vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

She was the first person born in France to receive it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 person	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 person	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 France	case
8	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 born	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 receive	mark
10	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 person	acl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 receive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	She	the first person		tree rules
2	bear	participle		the first person not said here	France	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	receive	to-infinitive		person		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

She received the prize for literature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 received	nsubj
2	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prize	det
4	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 received	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 literature	case
6	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prize	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	She	the prize				for literature	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme

Option 3

She was the first person to decline the prize

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 person	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 decline	mark
7	decline	decline	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 person	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prize	det
9	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 decline	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	the first person					tree rules
2	decline	to-infinitive		the prize					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was the first person to receive two such prizes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 person	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 receive	mark
7	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 person	acl
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 prizes	nummod
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 prizes	amod
10	prizes	prize	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 receive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	the first person					tree rules
2	receive	to-infinitive		two such prizes					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme

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