Exam question 4 · School legends
It is given that a teacher has not arrived fifteen minutes after the commencement of a lesson. Determine the appropriate course of action for the class.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, you · What happens: give, not arrive, determine · To what, where: It, appropriate course
This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «School legends» 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 a teacher has not arrived fifteen minutes after the commencement of a lesson.
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 | _ | 9 arrived | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 arrived | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 arrived | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 arrived | advmod |
| 9 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | fifteen | fifteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 minutes | nummod |
| 11 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 arrived | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 commencement | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 commencement | det |
| 14 | commencement | commencement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 arrived | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 lesson | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 lesson | det |
| 17 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 commencement | nmod |
| 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 | not arrive | present · perfect | a teacher | after the commencement of a lesson; minute | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Determine the appropriate course of action for the class.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 course | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 course | amod |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 action | case |
| 6 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 course | nmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 class | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 class | det |
| 9 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 action | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the appropriate course of action for the class | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Remain and inform the school office
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 inform | cc |
| 3 | inform | inform | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Remain | conj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 office | det |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 office | compound |
| 6 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 inform | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | inform speech: other | infinitive | you not said here | the school office | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent office=Recipient |
Option 2
Return home without delay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Return | return | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Return | advmod |
| 3 | without | without | ADP | _ | 4 delay | case |
| 4 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Return | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | imperative | you not said here | without delay; home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Proceed to the playground until the bell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proceed | proceed | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 playground | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 playground | det |
| 4 | playground | playground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Proceed | obl |
| 5 | until | until | ADP | _ | 7 bell | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bell | det |
| 7 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Proceed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | proceed | imperative | you not said here | until the bell | to the playground | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Depart, pursuant to a rule of fifteen minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Depart | Depart | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 rule | punct |
| 3 | pursuant | pursuant | ADV | _ | 6 rule | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 rule | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 rule | det |
| 6 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Depart | appos |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 minutes | case |
| 8 | fifteen | fifteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 minutes | nummod |
| 9 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 rule | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | fifteen minutes | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
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