Exam question 2 · Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up
Identify the meaning of the expression "to give up" as distinguished from "to give in" (in the sense of homework).
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, give up, distinguish, give in, mean, sense · To what, where: meaning, sense, expression, homework · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up» of the language 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 | 3 meaning | det |
| 3 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 expression | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 expression | det |
| 6 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meaning | nmod |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 expression | punct |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 give | mark |
| 9 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Identify | ccomp |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 give | compound:prt |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 give | punct |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 distinguished | mark |
| 13 | distinguished | distinguish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 give | advcl |
| 14 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 17 give | mark |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 give | punct |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 give | mark |
| 17 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 distinguished | xcomp |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 give | compound:prt |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 give | punct |
| 20 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 23 sense | punct |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 sense | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 sense | det |
| 23 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 give | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 homework | case |
| 25 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 sense | nmod |
| 26 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 23 sense | punct |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the meaning of the expression | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | give up in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | distinguish | participle | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | give in in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | the sense of homework | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | mean | the expression | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | sense | homework | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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
To submit, as opposed to to cease attempting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 submit | mark |
| 2 | submit | submit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 cease | punct |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 cease | mark |
| 5 | opposed | oppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 as | fixed |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 as | fixed |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 cease | mark |
| 8 | cease | cease | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 submit | conj |
| 9 | attempting | attempt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 cease | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | submit | to-infinitive | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | oppose | participle | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | cease | to-infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 4 | attempt | gerund | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Both expressions signify generosity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 expressions | det |
| 2 | expressions | expression | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 signify | nsubj |
| 3 | signify | signify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | generosity | generosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 signify | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | signify | present | both expressions | generosity | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot generosity=Theme |
Option 3
Both expressions are identical in meaning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 expressions | det |
| 2 | expressions | expression | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 identical | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 identical | cop |
| 4 | identical | identical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 meaning | case |
| 6 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 identical | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | both expressions | meaning | identical property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
To cease attempting, as opposed to to submit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 cease | mark |
| 2 | cease | cease | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | attempting | attempt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 cease | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 submit | punct |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 submit | mark |
| 6 | opposed | oppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 as | fixed |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 as | fixed |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 submit | mark |
| 9 | submit | submit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 cease | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cease | to-infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | attempt | gerund | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | oppose | participle | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | submit | to-infinitive | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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