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Exam question 3 · The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightm…

It is given that two pupils recall a single incident in contradictory terms. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: two pupils, you · What happens: give, recall, select, establish · To what, where: It, single incident, contradictory terms, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightmares» 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 two pupils recall a single incident in contradictory terms.

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 recall	mark
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 pupils	nummod
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recall	nsubj
7	recall	recall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 incident	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 incident	amod
10	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recall	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 terms	case
12	contradictory	contradictory	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 terms	compound
13	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 recall	obl
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	recall	present	two pupils	a single incident		contradictory terms			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incident=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 · ✓ the right answer

Memory is reconstructed upon recall and may honestly differ between persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reconstructed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reconstructed	aux:pass
3	reconstructed	reconstruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 recall	case
5	recall	recall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reconstructed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 differ	cc
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 differ	aux
8	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	9 differ	advmod
9	differ	differ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reconstructed	conj
10	between	between	ADP	_	11 persons	case
11	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 differ	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reconstruct	present · passive		Memory				upon recall	tree rules
2	differ	may						between persons; honestly property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Memory constitutes an exact recording of past events

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 recording	det
4	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 recording	amod
5	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 events	case
7	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 events	amod
8	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recording	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	Memory	a exact recording of past events					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme recording=Pivot

Option 3

Only the elder pupil's recollection can be regarded as accurate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 recollection	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
3	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pupil	amod
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recollection	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 pupil	case
6	recollection	recollection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 regarded	nsubj:pass
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 regarded	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 regarded	aux:pass
9	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 accurate	case
11	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	can · passive		the elder pupil's recollection				as accurate	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as accurate=Value
2	recollect		the elder pupil						nom recollection «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

One pupil must necessarily be lying with intent to deceive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pupil	nummod
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lying	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 lying	aux
4	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	6 lying	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 lying	aux
6	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 intent	case
8	intent	intent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lying	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 deceive	mark
10	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 lying	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	must · progressive	One pupil					with intent; necessarily property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	deceive	to-infinitive	One pupil not said here						vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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