Exam question 2 · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules
It is given that a person has failed to return home. Determine the appropriate interval before a report is made to the police.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person, you · What happens: give, fail, not return, determine, make · To what, where: It, appropriate interval, report
This is exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» 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 person has failed to return home.
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 | _ | 8 failed | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 failed | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 failed | aux |
| 8 | failed | fail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 return | mark |
| 10 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 failed | xcomp |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 10 return | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | 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 | fail | present · perfect | a person | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | not return | to-infinitive | a person not said here | home property | 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 interval before a report is made to the police.
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 interval | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 interval | amod |
| 4 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 9 made | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 report | det |
| 7 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 made | aux:pass |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Determine | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 police | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 police | det |
| 12 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 made | obl |
| 13 | . | . | 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 interval | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interval=Topic | ||||
| 2 | make | present · passive | a report | to the police | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
An interval of one week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 interval | det |
| 2 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 week | case |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 week | nummod |
| 5 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 interval | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
An interval of twenty-four hours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 interval | det |
| 2 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 hours | case |
| 4 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 four | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 twenty | punct |
| 6 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 hours | nummod |
| 7 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 interval | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No interval; the report should be made immediately
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 interval | det |
| 2 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 report | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 report | det |
| 5 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 interval | conj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 made | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 made | aux:pass |
| 8 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 8 made | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | should · passive | no interval and the report | immediately property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 4
An interval of forty-eight hours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 interval | det |
| 2 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 hours | case |
| 4 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 hours | nummod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 eight | punct |
| 6 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 forty | conj |
| 7 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 interval | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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