Exam question 2 · Laughed at: photos, scores, nicknames and the spotlight
It is given that a pupil obtained four marks out of twenty. Determine which inference is consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, you, inference · What happens: give, obtain, determine, be, establish · To what, where: It, four marks, twenty
This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Laughed at: photos, scores, nicknames and the spotlight» of the reflection 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 pupil obtained four marks out of twenty.
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 | _ | 7 obtained | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtained | nsubj |
| 7 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 marks | nummod |
| 9 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 obtained | obj |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 twenty | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 twenty | case |
| 12 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 obtained | obl |
| 13 | . | . | 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 | obtain | participle | a pupil | four marks | twenty | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=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 which inference is consistent with the established facts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 inference | det |
| 3 | inference | inference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 consistent | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 consistent | cop |
| 5 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Determine | ccomp |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 facts | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 facts | det |
| 8 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 facts | amod |
| 9 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 consistent | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | which inference | with the established facts; consistent property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The score indicates material not yet learned rather than fixed ability
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 score | det |
| 2 | score | score | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 indicates | nsubj |
| 3 | indicates | indicate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | material | material | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 indicates | obj |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 learned | advmod |
| 6 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 7 learned | advmod |
| 7 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 material | acl:relcl |
| 8 | rather | rather | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 10 fixed | cc |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 rather | fixed |
| 10 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 ability | amod |
| 11 | ability | ability | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 learned | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | indicate | present | the score | material | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot material=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not learn | participle | material not said here | fixed ability | yet | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ability=Topic | |||
| 3 | fix | participle | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
The score demonstrates that further effort would be futile
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 score | det |
| 2 | score | score | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 demonstrates | nsubj |
| 3 | demonstrates | demonstrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 futile | mark |
| 5 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 effort | amod |
| 6 | effort | effort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 futile | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 futile | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 futile | cop |
| 9 | futile | futile | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 demonstrates | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate | present | the score | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | would | further effort | futile property | tree rules |
Option 3
The score indicates that the assessment was improperly conducted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 score | det |
| 2 | score | score | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 indicates | nsubj |
| 3 | indicates | indicate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 conducted | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 assessment | det |
| 6 | assessment | assessment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 conducted | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 conducted | aux:pass |
| 8 | improperly | improperly | ADV | _ | 9 conducted | advmod |
| 9 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 indicates | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | indicate | present | the score | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | conduct | past · passive | the assessment | improperly property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
The score establishes that the pupil is permanently of low ability
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 score | det |
| 2 | score | score | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 establishes | nsubj |
| 3 | establishes | establish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 ability | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ability | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 ability | cop |
| 8 | permanently | permanently | ADV | _ | 11 ability | advmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 ability | case |
| 10 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 ability | amod |
| 11 | ability | ability | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 establishes | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | establish | present | the score | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the pupil | of low ability; permanently property | tree rules |
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