Exam question 4 · Your amazing brain and senses
It is given that an individual attends to recordings in a foreign language whilst in deep sleep. Ascertain the outcome.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: individual, you · What happens: give, attend, ascertain · To what, where: It, foreign language, outcome
This is exam question 4 of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» of the myths 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 an individual attends to recordings in a foreign language whilst in deep sleep.
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 attends | mark |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 individual | det |
| 6 | individual | individual | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attends | nsubj |
| 7 | attends | attend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 recordings | case |
| 9 | recordings | recording | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 attends | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 language | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 language | det |
| 12 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 language | amod |
| 13 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attends | obl |
| 14 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 17 sleep | mark |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 sleep | case |
| 16 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 sleep | amod |
| 17 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 language | acl |
| 18 | . | . | 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 | attend | present | a individual | a foreign language | to recordings | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to recording=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: Ascertain the outcome.
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 | 3 outcome | det |
| 3 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | . | . | 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 outcome | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No new vocabulary is acquired, sleep assisting only material learned whilst awake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 vocabulary | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 vocabulary | amod |
| 3 | vocabulary | vocabulary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 acquired | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 acquired | aux:pass |
| 5 | acquired | acquire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 learned | punct |
| 7 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 learned | nsubj |
| 8 | assisting | assist | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 sleep | acl |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 material | advmod |
| 10 | material | material | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 assisting | obj |
| 11 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 acquired | conj |
| 12 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 13 awake | case |
| 13 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 learned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acquire | present · passive | no new vocabulary | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | assist | gerund | sleep not said here | material | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent material=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | learn | past | sleep | whilst awake | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Fluency in the language is attained within one week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fluency | fluency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attained | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 language | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 language | det |
| 4 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fluency | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 attained | aux:pass |
| 6 | attained | attain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | within | within | ADP | _ | 9 week | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 week | nummod |
| 9 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attained | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attain | present · passive | Fluency in the language | week | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
The native language of the individual is forfeited
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 language | det |
| 2 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 language | amod |
| 3 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 forfeited | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 individual | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 individual | det |
| 6 | individual | individual | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 language | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 forfeited | aux:pass |
| 8 | forfeited | forfeit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forfeit | present · passive | the native language of the individual | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Vocabulary is acquired at twice the waking rate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vocabulary | vocabulary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 acquired | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 acquired | aux:pass |
| 3 | acquired | acquire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 rate | case |
| 5 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 rate | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rate | det |
| 7 | waking | waking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rate | compound |
| 8 | rate | rate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 acquired | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acquire | present · passive | Vocabulary | the waking rate | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |
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