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Exam question 2 · Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole

It is stated by a parent that an instruction has been given «a million times». Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: parent, you · What happens: state, give, select, establish · To what, where: It, instruction, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 44 «Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole» 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

Sentence 1: It is stated by a parent that an instruction has been given «a million times».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stated	aux:pass
3	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 parent	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parent	det
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stated	obl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 given	mark
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 instruction	det
9	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	nsubj:pass
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 given	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 given	aux:pass
12	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stated	advcl
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 times	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 million	det
15	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 times	nummod
16	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 given	obl:unmarked
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 times	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present · passive	a parent	It					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	give	present · perfect · passive		a instruction			time		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established facts.

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	3 response	amod
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	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The number is not to be counted, though the displeasure is genuine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 counted	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 counted	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 counted	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	7 counted	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 counted	aux:pass
7	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 genuine	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 genuine	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 displeasure	det
11	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 genuine	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 genuine	cop
13	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 counted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present · passive		the number				count property	tree rules
2	is	present	the displeasure					genuine property	tree rules

Option 2

The parent is engaged in an exercise of arithmetic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parent	det
2	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 engaged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 engaged	aux:pass
4	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 exercise	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 exercise	det
7	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 engaged	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 arithmetic	case
9	arithmetic	arithmetic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exercise	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	engage	present · passive		the parent				in a exercise of arithmetic goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in exercise=Goal
2	exercise			arithmetic					nom exercise «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The instruction has in fact been issued on one million occasions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 fact	case
5	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obl
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 issued	aux:pass
7	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fact	acl
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 occasions	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 million	compound
10	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 occasions	nummod
11	occasions	occasion	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 issued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the instruction			fact			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	issue	participle · passive		fact not said here		million occasions			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: on occasion=Location

Option 4

The statement is false and may accordingly be disregarded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 false	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 false	cop
4	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 disregarded	cc
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 disregarded	aux
7	accordingly	accordingly	ADV	_	9 disregarded	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 disregarded	aux:pass
9	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 false	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the statement					false property	tree rules
2	disregard	may · passive	the statement not said here					accordingly property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»

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