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Exam question 2 · Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole

A notice adjacent to an amusement ride states «Wait from here: 45 minutes», whereas a visitor asserts that the queue is «a mile long». Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: notice, visitor, queue, you · What happens: state, wait, assert, be, select, establish · To what, where: response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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

Sentence 1: A notice adjacent to an amusement ride states «Wait from here: 45 minutes», whereas a visitor asserts that the queue is «a mile long».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 notice	det
2	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 states	nsubj
3	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 notice	amod
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 ride	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ride	det
6	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ride	compound
7	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 adjacent	obl
8	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Wait	punct
10	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 states	ccomp
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 here	case
12	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 Wait	obl
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 minutes	punct
14	45	45	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 minutes	nummod
15	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 Wait	obl:unmarked
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 Wait	punct
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 asserts	punct
18	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	21 asserts	mark
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 visitor	det
20	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 asserts	nsubj
21	asserts	assert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 states	conj
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	29 long	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 queue	det
24	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 long	nsubj
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 long	cop
26	«	«	PUNCT	_	29 long	punct
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 mile	det
28	mile	mile	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 long	obl:unmarked
29	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 asserts	ccomp
30	»	»	PUNCT	_	29 long	punct
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	a notice						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wait in a quote	infinitive					minute		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	assert	present	a visitor						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	the queue					a mile obl:unmarked; long 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.

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 assertion supplies the precise length of the queue in miles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supplies	nsubj
3	supplies	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 length	det
5	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 length	amod
6	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supplies	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 queue	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 queue	det
9	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 length	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 miles	case
11	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 queue	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present	the assertion	the precise length of the queue in miles					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent length=Recipient

Option 2

Both statements are measurements of equal reliability

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 statements	det
2	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 measurements	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 measurements	cop
4	measurements	measurement	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 reliability	case
6	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reliability	amod
7	reliability	reliability	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 measurements	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	both statements	measurements				of equal reliability	tree rules

Option 3

Neither statement conveys any information whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conveys	nsubj
3	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 information	det
5	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conveys	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 conveys	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	neither statement	any information				whatsoever property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent information=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The notice supplies the measured duration; the assertion conveys a feeling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 notice	det
2	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supplies	nsubj
3	supplies	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 duration	det
5	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 duration	amod
6	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 supplies	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 conveys	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 assertion	det
9	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveys	nsubj
10	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 supplies	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 feeling	det
12	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveys	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present	the notice	the measured duration					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Recipient
2	measure	participle							vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
3	convey	present	the assertion	a feeling					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent feeling=Topic

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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