Exam question 3 · I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark
It is given that a pupil finished last in a race but achieved a personal best. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, finish, achieve, select, establish · To what, where: It, race, personal best, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 24 «I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark» 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 finished last in a race but achieved a personal best.
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 finished | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 finished | nsubj |
| 7 | finished | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | last | last | ADV | _ | 7 finished | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 race | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 race | det |
| 11 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 finished | obl |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 achieved | cc |
| 13 | achieved | achieve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 finished | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 best | det |
| 15 | personal | personal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 best | amod |
| 16 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 13 achieved | obj |
| 17 | . | . | 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 | finish | past | a pupil | a race | last property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | achieve | past | a pupil not said here | a personal best | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The pupil has made genuine progress notwithstanding his position
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | genuine | genuine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 progress | amod |
| 6 | progress | progress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 7 | notwithstanding | notwithstand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 progress | acl |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 position | nmod:poss |
| 9 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 notwithstanding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · perfect · passive | the pupil | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary progress=Product | |||||
| 2 | notwithstand | gerund | genuine progress not said here | pupil's position | tree rules |
Option 2
The pupil ought to discontinue the sport forthwith
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 discontinue | nsubj |
| 3 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 discontinue | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 discontinue | mark |
| 5 | discontinue | discontinue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sport | det |
| 7 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 discontinue | obj |
| 8 | forthwith | forthwith | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 discontinue | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discontinue | ought | the pupil | the sport | forthwith property | vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector sport=Eventuality |
Option 3
The pupil's training is deemed to have been wholly wasted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 training | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 pupil | case |
| 4 | training | training | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 deemed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 deemed | aux:pass |
| 6 | deemed | deem | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 wasted | mark |
| 8 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 wasted | aux |
| 9 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 wasted | aux:pass |
| 10 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 11 wasted | advmod |
| 11 | wasted | waste | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 deemed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deem | present · passive | the pupil's training | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | waste | to-infinitive · perfect · passive | wholly property | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 3 | train | the pupil | nom training «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
A personal best is recognised solely where first place is attained
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 best | det |
| 2 | personal | personal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 best | amod |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 recognised | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 recognised | aux:pass |
| 5 | recognised | recognise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 11 attained | advmod |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 attained | advmod |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 place | amod |
| 9 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 attained | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 attained | aux:pass |
| 11 | attained | attain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 recognised | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recognise | present · passive | a personal best | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | attain | present · passive | first place | solely property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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