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Exam question 4 · Sleepovers and spooky stories

It is given that scratching sounds are audible within a house at night. Determine the most probable explanation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, you · What happens: give, be, determine · To what, where: It, probable explanation

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that scratching sounds are audible within a house at night.

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	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 audible	nsubj
5	scratching	scratching	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sounds	compound
6	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 audible	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 audible	cop
8	audible	audible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 given	advcl
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 house	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 house	det
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 night	case
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It			night	within a house	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	that					audible property	tree rules

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 most probable explanation.

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	5 explanation	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 probable	advmod
4	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 explanation	amod
5	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	.	.	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 probable explanation					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The house's preparation for an earthquake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preparation	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 house	case
4	preparation	preparation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 earthquake	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 earthquake	det
7	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preparation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare		the house					for a earthquake	nom preparation «act transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Option 2

A monster resident within the walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 resident	det
2	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resident	compound
3	resident	resident	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 walls	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 walls	det
6	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 resident	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The presence of a ghost seeking admission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 presence	det
2	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 ghost	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ghost	det
5	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presence	nmod
6	seeking	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 presence	acl
7	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seeking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	gerund	the presence of a ghost not said here	admission					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admission=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Animals, vegetation, wind, pipework or the settling of the building

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 vegetation	punct
3	vegetation	vegetation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Animals	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wind	punct
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Animals	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pipework	punct
7	pipework	pipework	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wind	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 settling	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 settling	det
10	settling	settling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wind	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 building	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 building	det
13	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 settling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle		the building						nom settling «event intransitive»: of=agent

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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