Exam question 1 · Sleepovers and spooky stories

Identify the phenomenon by which a pointer upon a spirit board is caused to move.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, phenomenon, pointer · What happens: identify, cause, move · To what, where: phenomenon, pointer

This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «Sleepovers and spooky stories» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 phenomenon	det
3	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 caused	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pointer	det
7	pointer	pointer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 caused	nsubj:pass
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 board	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 board	det
10	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 board	compound
11	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pointer	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 caused	aux:pass
13	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 phenomenon	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 move	mark
15	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 caused	xcomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the phenomenon	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent phenomenon=Theme
2	cause	present · passive	the phenomenon	a pointer upon a spirit board	tree rules
3	move	to-infinitive	a pointer upon a spirit board not said here		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The intervention of the spirits of the deceased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 intervention	det
2	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 spirits	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spirits	det
5	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 intervention	nmod
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 deceased	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 deceased	det
8	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 spirits	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decease	participle		the spirits not said here					vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	intervene		the spirits						nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The action of a draught of air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 draught	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 draught	det
5	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 air	case
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 draught	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act		a draught of air						nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The operation of a concealed magnet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 operation	det
2	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 magnet	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 magnet	det
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 magnet	amod
6	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 operation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	participle							vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	operate			a concealed magnet					nom operation «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The ideomotor effect, consisting of involuntary muscular movements

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 effect	det
2	ideomotor	ideomotor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effect	compound
3	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 consisting	punct
5	consisting	consist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 effect	acl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 movements	case
7	involuntary	involuntary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 movements	amod
8	muscular	muscular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 movements	amod
9	movements	movement	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	gerund	the ideomotor effect of involuntary muscular movements not said here						tree rules
2	effect			involuntary muscular movements					nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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