Exam question 4 · Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly
Ascertain which statement concerning the 2006 study of an honesty box at Newcastle University is consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, concerning · What happens: ascertain, concern, be, establish, study · To what, where: statement, 2006 study, honesty box
This is exam question 4 of lesson 96 «Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly» 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 statement | det |
| 3 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 consistent | csubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 study | det |
| 6 | 2006 | 2006 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 study | nummod |
| 7 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 concerning | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 box | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 box | det |
| 10 | honesty | honesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 box | compound |
| 11 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 study | nmod |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 University | case |
| 13 | Newcastle | Newcastle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 University | compound |
| 14 | University | University | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 box | nmod |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 consistent | cop |
| 16 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 statement | acl |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 facts | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 facts | det |
| 19 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 facts | amod |
| 20 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 consistent | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | which statement | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic | ||||
| 2 | concern | gerund | the 2006 study of a honesty box at Newcastle University | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus study=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | present | concerning | which statement not said here | with the established facts; consistent property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 5 | study | a honesty box at Newcastle University | nom study «act 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 · ← Mova's choice
Contributions increased only when no image whatsoever was displayed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contributions | contribution | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | increased | increase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Contributions | acl |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 displayed | advmod |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 displayed | advmod |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 image | det |
| 6 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 displayed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | whatsoever | whatsoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 displayed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 displayed | aux:pass |
| 9 | displayed | display | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 increased | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | increase | participle | Contributions not said here | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | display | past · passive | no image | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Contributions were unaffected by any image displayed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contributions | contribution | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 unaffected | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 unaffected | cop |
| 3 | unaffected | unaffected | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 image | case |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 image | det |
| 6 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 unaffected | obl |
| 7 | displayed | display | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 unaffected | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Contributions | by any image; unaffected property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | display | past | Contributions not said here | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Contributions ceased entirely when an image of eyes was displayed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contributions | contribution | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | ceased | cease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Contributions | acl |
| 3 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 2 ceased | advmod |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 displayed | advmod |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 image | det |
| 6 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 displayed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 eyes | case |
| 8 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 image | nmod |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 displayed | aux:pass |
| 10 | displayed | display | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 ceased | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cease | participle | Contributions not said here | entirely property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | display | past · passive | a image of eyes | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | image | eyes | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Contributions increased considerably when an image of eyes was displayed above the box
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contributions | contribution | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 increased | nsubj |
| 2 | increased | increase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | considerably | considerably | ADV | _ | 2 increased | advmod |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 displayed | advmod |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 image | det |
| 6 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 displayed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 eyes | case |
| 8 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 image | nmod |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 displayed | aux:pass |
| 10 | displayed | display | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 increased | advcl |
| 11 | above | above | ADP | _ | 13 box | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 box | det |
| 13 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 displayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | increase | past | Contributions | considerably property | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | display | past · passive | a image of eyes | the box | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | image | eyes | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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