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Exam question 4 · A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement

A pilot announces that passengers «may experience a little bit of bumpiness». Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pilot, passengers, you · What happens: announce, experience, select, establish · To what, where: little bit, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 49 «A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement» 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 pilot announces that passengers «may experience a little bit of bumpiness».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pilot	det
2	pilot	pilot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 announces	nsubj
3	announces	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 experience	mark
5	passengers	passenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 experience	nsubj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 experience	punct
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 experience	aux
8	experience	experience	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 announces	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bit	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bit	amod
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 experience	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 bumpiness	case
13	bumpiness	bumpiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bit	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 experience	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 announces	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce speech: other	present	a pilot						vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	experience in a quote	may	passengers	a little bit of bumpiness					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=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.

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 flight is to be diverted forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flight	det
2	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 diverted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 diverted	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 diverted	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 diverted	aux:pass
6	diverted	divert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 diverted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divert	present · passive		the flight				forthwith property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2

No turbulence of any consequence is to be expected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 turbulence	det
2	turbulence	turbulence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 expected	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turbulence	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 expected	aux:pass
7	to	to	PART	_	9 expected	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 expected	aux:pass
9	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	present · passive		no turbulence of any consequence					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Considerable turbulence is expected; seat belts are to remain fastened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 turbulence	amod
2	turbulence	turbulence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expected	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expected	aux:pass
4	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 remain	punct
6	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 belts	compound
7	belts	belt	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 remain	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 remain	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 remain	mark
10	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 expected	ccomp
11	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 remain	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	present · passive		Considerable turbulence					tree rules
2	is not said to happen	present	seat belts					remain property	tree rules
3	fasten	participle	seat belts not said here						vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Passengers are invited to move about the cabin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passengers	passenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 invited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 invited	aux:pass
3	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 move	mark
5	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 invited	xcomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 cabin	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cabin	det
8	cabin	cabin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	present · passive		Passengers					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	move not said to happen	to-infinitive	Passengers not said here					about the cabin	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme about cabin=Trajectory

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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