Exam question 3 · I was wrong: changing your mind

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the consumption of carrots.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, consume · To what, where: response, consumption, carrots

This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 consumption	det
13	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 carrots	case
15	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 consumption	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the consumption of carrots		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consumption=Experiencer
5	consume			carrots		nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

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

They confer the capacity to see in total darkness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 confer	nsubj
2	confer	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 capacity	det
4	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confer	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 capacity	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 darkness	case
8	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 darkness	amod
9	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	They	the capacity					tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	They not said here	the capacity not said here		total darkness			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

They are detrimental to eyesight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 detrimental	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 detrimental	cop
3	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 eyesight	case
5	eyesight	eyesight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detrimental	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					to eyesight; detrimental property	tree rules

Option 3

They have no bearing whatsoever upon nutrition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 bearing	det
4	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	7 nutrition	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 nutrition	case
7	nutrition	nutrition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	no bearing				upon nutrition	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They contribute to healthy eyesight but confer no night vision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 contribute	nsubj
2	contribute	contribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 eyesight	case
4	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 eyesight	amod
5	eyesight	eyesight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contribute	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 confer	cc
7	confer	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 contribute	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 vision	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 vision	compound
10	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 confer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contribute	present	They		healthy eyesight				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to eyesight=Recipient
2	confer	present	They not said here	no night vision					tree rules

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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