Exam question 1 · Eyes and ears

Identify the principal reason for which the notion that carrots confer night vision was disseminated in wartime Britain.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, disseminate · To what, where: principal reason, carrots, wartime

This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Eyes and ears» 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	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 notion	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 notion	det
8	notion	notion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 disseminated	obj
10	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 disseminated	nsubj
11	confer	confer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 vision	amod
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 vision	compound
13	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 disseminated	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 disseminated	aux:pass
15	disseminated	disseminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 notion	acl:relcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 wartime	case
17	wartime	wartime	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 disseminated	obl
18	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 wartime	appos
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason the notion					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	disseminate	past · passive		carrots		wartime			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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To publicise a novel medical discovery concerning vision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 publicise	mark
2	publicise	publicise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 discovery	det
4	novel	novel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 discovery	amod
5	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 discovery	amod
6	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 publicise	obj
7	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 vision	amod
8	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 publicise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	publicise	to-infinitive		a novel medical discovery					tree rules

Option 2

To discourage the consumption of confectionery by children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 discourage	mark
2	discourage	discourage	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consumption	det
4	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discourage	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 confectionery	case
6	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consumption	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 discourage	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discourage	to-infinitive		the consumption of confectionery				by children	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consumption=Experiencer
2	consume			confectionery					nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To conceal the employment of radar by its pilots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conceal	mark
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 employment	det
4	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 radar	case
6	radar	radar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 employment	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 pilots	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pilots	nmod:poss
9	pilots	pilot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	to-infinitive		the employment of radar				by radar's pilots	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent employment=Patient by pilot=Location
2	employ			radar					nom employment «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

To augment the sales of agricultural produce such as carrots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 augment	mark
2	augment	augment	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sales	det
4	sales	sale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 augment	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 produce	case
6	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 produce	amod
7	produce	produce	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sales	nmod
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 carrots	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sales	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	augment	to-infinitive		the sales of agricultural produce				such carrots	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sale=Patient

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