Exam question 1 · Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole
Identify the meaning most reasonably attributed to the utterance «I'm dead», delivered with laughter by a child viewing a comical video.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, I, child · What happens: identify, attribute, be, deliver, view · To what, where: meaning, comical video
This is exam question 1 of lesson 45 «Dead, a mile long and everyone: more 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
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 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 reasonably | advmod |
| 5 | reasonably | reasonably | ADV | _ | 6 attributed | advmod |
| 6 | attributed | attribute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 meaning | acl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 utterance | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 utterance | det |
| 9 | utterance | utterance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attributed | obl |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 dead | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 dead | nsubj |
| 12 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 dead | cop |
| 13 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 utterance | appos |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 dead | punct |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 delivered | punct |
| 16 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 meaning | acl |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 laughter | case |
| 18 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 delivered | obl |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 child | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 child | det |
| 21 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 delivered | obl |
| 22 | viewing | view | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 21 child | acl |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 video | det |
| 24 | comical | comical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 video | amod |
| 25 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 viewing | obj |
| 26 | . | . | 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 | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme | ||||
| 2 | attribute | participle | the meaning not said here | to the utterance; reasonably property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | I | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | deliver | participle | the meaning not said here | with laughter; by a child | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | view | gerund | a child not said here | a comical video | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer video=Stimulus |
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
That the material is exceedingly amusing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 material | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 material | det |
| 3 | material | material | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 amusing | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 amusing | cop |
| 5 | exceedingly | exceedingly | ADV | _ | 6 amusing | advmod |
| 6 | amusing | amusing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that material | amusing, exceedingly property | tree rules |
Option 2
That the device has ceased to function
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 device | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 device | det |
| 3 | device | device | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ceased | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ceased | aux |
| 5 | ceased | cease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 function | mark |
| 7 | function | function | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ceased | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cease | present · perfect · passive | that device | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3
That the child is in a state of fear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 child | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 child | det |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 state | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 state | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 state | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 state | det |
| 7 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 fear | case |
| 9 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 state | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that child | a state | of fear | tree rules |
Option 4
That the child requires immediate medical attention
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 child | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 child | det |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 requires | nsubj |
| 4 | requires | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | immediate | immediate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 attention | amod |
| 6 | medical | medical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 attention | amod |
| 7 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 requires | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present | that child | immediate medical attention | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition |
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