Exam question 2 · Living well because life is short

Identify the signification of the expression «a good innings» as applied to a human life.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, apply, signify · To what, where: signification, expression

This is exam question 2 of lesson 76 «Living well because life is short» of the religion ethics 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 signification	det
3	signification	signification	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 expression	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 expression	det
6	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signification	nmod
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 innings	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 innings	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 innings	amod
10	innings	inning	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 expression	appos
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 innings	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 applied	mark
13	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 life	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 life	det
16	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 life	amod
17	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 applied	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the signification of the expression		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent signification=Theme
2	apply	participle	you not said here		to a human life	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	signify			the expression		nom signification «communication transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1

A successful sporting career

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 career	det
2	successful	successful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 career	amod
3	sporting	sport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 career	amod
4	career	career	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sport	gerund							tree rules

Option 2

A substantial inheritance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 inheritance	det
2	substantial	substantial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 inheritance	amod
3	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A long and full life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 life	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 life	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 full	cc
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 long	conj
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A comfortable dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dwelling	det
2	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dwelling	amod
3	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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