Exam question 1 · Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★

Identify the single observation sufficient to refute the assertion that eggs may be balanced only upon the equinox.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, refute, balance · To what, where: single observation, assertion, equinox

This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★» 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 observation	det
3	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 observation	amod
4	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 refute	mark
7	refute	refute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sufficient	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 assertion	det
9	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refute	obj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 balanced	nsubj:pass
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 balanced	nsubj:pass
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 balanced	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 balanced	aux:pass
14	balanced	balance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 assertion	acl:relcl
15	only	only	ADV	_	18 equinox	advmod
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 equinox	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 equinox	det
18	equinox	equinox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 balanced	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the single observation		sufficient property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent observation=Theme
2	refute	to-infinitive	you not said here	the assertion			tree rules
3	balance	may · passive		the assertion	the equinox		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme upon equinox=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

An egg balanced upon an ordinary day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 egg	det
2	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 balanced	nsubj
3	balanced	balance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 day	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 day	det
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 balanced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	balance	participle	a egg				day		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

An egg balanced upon the equinox

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 egg	det
2	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 balanced	nsubj
3	balanced	balance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 equinox	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 equinox	det
6	equinox	equinox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 balanced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	balance	participle	a egg			the equinox			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon equinox=Location

Option 3

Numerous eggs falling upon the equinox

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 eggs	amod
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 eggs	acl
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 equinox	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 equinox	det
6	equinox	equinox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund	Numerous eggs not said here			the equinox			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon equinox=Location

Option 4

A newspaper report of 1945

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 report	det
2	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 report	compound
3	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 1945	case
5	1945	1945	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 report	nmod

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

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