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It is given that a pupil was certain she observed a theft, and subsequently discovered she had mistaken the person. 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, be, observe, discover, mistake, select · To what, where: It, theft, person, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and being sure but wrong» 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 was certain she observed a theft, and subsequently discovered she had mistaken the person.

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	_	8 certain	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 certain	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 certain	cop
8	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 given	advcl
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 observed	nsubj
10	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 certain	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 theft	det
12	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observed	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 discovered	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 discovered	cc
15	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	16 discovered	advmod
16	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	conj
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 mistaken	nsubj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 mistaken	aux
19	mistaken	mistake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 discovered	ccomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 person	det
21	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 mistaken	obj
22	.	.	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	is	past	a pupil					certain property	tree rules
3	observe	past	pupil	a theft					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent theft=Topic
4	discover	past						subsequently property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	mistake	past · perfect	pupil	the person					tree rules

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

Certainty does not guarantee accuracy, and verification is advisable before disclosure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Certainty	certainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guarantee	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 guarantee	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 guarantee	advmod
4	guarantee	guarantee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guarantee	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 advisable	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 advisable	cc
8	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 advisable	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 advisable	cop
10	advisable	advisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 guarantee	conj
11	before	before	ADP	_	12 disclosure	case
12	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 advisable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not guarantee	present · do-support	Certainty	accuracy					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition accuracy=Theme
2	is	present	verification				before disclosure	advisable property	tree rules

Option 2

Visual observation is infallible in conditions of daylight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Visual	visual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 observation	amod
2	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 infallible	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 infallible	cop
4	infallible	infallible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 conditions	case
6	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 infallible	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 daylight	case
8	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conditions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Visual observation			conditions of daylight		infallible property	tree rules
2	condition			daylight					nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Certainty constitutes conclusive proof of the facts observed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Certainty	certainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	compound
2	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 proof	nsubj
3	conclusive	conclusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 proof	amod
4	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 facts	det
7	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 proof	nmod
8	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 facts	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	participle		the facts not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	proof			the facts					nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The person mistaken for the thief is nonetheless culpable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 culpable	nsubj
3	mistaken	mistake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 person	acl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 thief	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thief	det
6	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mistaken	obl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 culpable	cop
8	nonetheless	nonetheless	ADV	_	9 culpable	advmod
9	culpable	culpable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mistake	participle		the person not said here				for the thief	tree rules
2	is	present	the person					culpable, nonetheless property	tree rules

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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