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Exam question 4 · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult

It is given that a pupil sustains a paper cut yielding a single drop of blood and declares himself «fine». Ascertain the correct interpretation.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, paper cut, you · What happens: give, sustain, yield, declare, ascertain · To what, where: It, paper cut, single drop, pupil, correct interpretation

This is exam question 4 of lesson 51 «Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult» 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 given that a pupil sustains a paper cut yielding a single drop of blood and declares himself «fine».

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 sustains	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sustains	nsubj
7	sustains	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cut	det
9	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cut	compound
10	cut	cut	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sustains	obj
11	yielding	yield	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 cut	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 drop	det
13	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 drop	amod
14	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 yielding	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 blood	case
16	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 drop	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 declares	cc
18	declares	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sustains	conj
19	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	18 declares	obj
20	«	«	PUNCT	_	21 fine	punct
21	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 declares	xcomp
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 fine	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	sustain	present	a pupil	a paper cut					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cut=Theme
3	yield	gerund	a paper cut not said here	a single drop of blood					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent drop=Theme
4	declare speech: other	present	a pupil not said here	pupil				fine property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute

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: Ascertain the correct interpretation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 interpretation	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 interpretation	amod
4	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the correct interpretation					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Topic

The options

Option 1

The pupil is to be sent home forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present · passive		the pupil				forthwith, home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

All such declarations are to be disbelieved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 declarations	det
2	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 declarations	amod
3	declarations	declaration	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 disbelieved	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 disbelieved	aux:pass
5	to	to	PART	_	7 disbelieved	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 disbelieved	aux:pass
7	disbelieved	disbelieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disbelieve	present · passive		all such declarations					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The words correspond to the evidence, and no fuss is required

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 correspond	nsubj
3	correspond	correspond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 evidence	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 evidence	det
6	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 correspond	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 required	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 required	cc
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 fuss	det
10	fuss	fuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 required	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 required	aux:pass
12	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 correspond	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correspond	present	the words					to the evidence	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	require	present · passive		no fuss					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 4

The words conceal a grave injury requiring an ambulance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conceal	nsubj
3	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 injury	det
5	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 injury	amod
6	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conceal	obj
7	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 injury	acl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ambulance	det
9	ambulance	ambulance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present	the words	a grave injury					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Patient
2	require	gerund	a grave injury not said here	a ambulance					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ambulance=Precondition

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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