Exam question 3 · Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments
It is given that a pupil has been found to have head lice. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, find, have, select, establish · To what, where: It, pupil, head lice, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments» 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 has been found to have head lice.
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 | _ | 9 found | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 found | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 found | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 found | aux:pass |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 have | mark |
| 11 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 found | xcomp |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lice | compound |
| 13 | lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 have | obj |
| 14 | . | . | 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 | find | present · perfect · passive | a pupil | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | have | to-infinitive | a pupil not said here | head lice | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent louse=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.
Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established facts.
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 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1
Head lice are confined to persons of unhygienic habits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lice | compound |
| 2 | lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 confined | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 confined | aux:pass |
| 4 | confined | confine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 persons | case |
| 6 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 confined | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 habits | case |
| 8 | unhygienic | unhygienic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 habits | amod |
| 9 | habits | habit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 persons | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confine | present · passive | Head lice | persons of unhygienic habits | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to person=Destination |
Option 2
Head lice are acquired solely by persons with long hair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lice | compound |
| 2 | lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 acquired | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 acquired | aux:pass |
| 4 | acquired | acquire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 4 acquired | advmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 persons | case |
| 7 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 acquired | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 hair | case |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hair | amod |
| 10 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 persons | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acquire | present · passive | persons with long hair | Head lice | solely property | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Head lice are common and bear no relation to the cleanliness of the hair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lice | compound |
| 2 | lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 common | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 common | cop |
| 4 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 bear | cc |
| 6 | bear | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 common | conj |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 relation | det |
| 8 | relation | relation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bear | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 cleanliness | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cleanliness | det |
| 11 | cleanliness | cleanliness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bear | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 hair | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 hair | det |
| 14 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cleanliness | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Head lice | common property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bear | present | Head lice not said here | no relation | to the cleanliness of the hair | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relation=Patient |
Option 4
Head lice constitute evidence of parental neglect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lice | compound |
| 2 | lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 constitute | nsubj |
| 3 | constitute | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 constitute | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 neglect | case |
| 6 | parental | parental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 neglect | amod |
| 7 | neglect | neglect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 evidence | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | constitute | present | Head lice | evidence of parental neglect | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme evidence=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | evidence | parental neglect | nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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