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Exam question 3 · Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped

It is given that an experiment presented at a science fair failed to operate. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: experiment, you · What happens: give, present, fail, not operate, select, establish · To what, where: It, experiment, science fair, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» 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 an experiment presented at a science fair failed to operate.

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	_	12 failed	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 experiment	det
6	experiment	experiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 failed	nsubj
7	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 experiment	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 fair	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fair	det
10	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fair	compound
11	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presented	obl
12	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 operate	mark
14	operate	operate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 failed	xcomp
15	.	.	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	present	participle		a experiment not said here		a science fair			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	fail	past	a experiment						vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	not operate	to-infinitive	a experiment not said here						vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: 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

Failed experiments are to be concealed from the judges

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Failed	fail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 experiments	amod
2	experiments	experiment	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 concealed	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 concealed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 concealed	aux:pass
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 judges	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 judges	det
9	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	conceal	present · passive		Failed experiments		the judges			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from judge=Beneficiary

Option 2

Scientific experiments invariably succeed at the first attempt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 experiments	amod
2	experiments	experiment	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 succeed	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 succeed	advmod
4	succeed	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 attempt	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attempt	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 attempt	amod
8	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 succeed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	succeed	present	Scientific experiments			the first attempt		invariably property	vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The experimenter is deemed to have no aptitude for science

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 experimenter	det
2	experimenter	experimenter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deemed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 deemed	aux:pass
4	deemed	deem	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 have	mark
6	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 deemed	xcomp
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 aptitude	det
8	aptitude	aptitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 science	case
10	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deem	present · passive		the experimenter					tree rules
2	have	to-infinitive		no aptitude				for science	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aptitude=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An explanation of the failure constitutes valid scientific work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 explanation	det
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constitutes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 failure	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 failure	det
5	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explanation	nmod
6	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	valid	valid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 work	amod
8	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 work	amod
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	a explanation of the failure	valid scientific work					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme work=Pivot
2	explain		the failure						nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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