Exam question 4 · Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside

Ascertain which statement concerning the self-assessment of persons new to an activity is consistent with this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, concerning · What happens: ascertain, concern, be, assess · To what, where: statement, self assessment, persons

This is exam question 4 of lesson 98 «Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside» 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	8 assessment	det
6	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 assessment	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 self	punct
8	assessment	assessment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concerning	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 persons	case
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 assessment	nmod
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 persons	amod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 activity	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 activity	det
14	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 new	obl
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	_	19 lesson	case
18	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 lesson	det
19	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consistent	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 self assessment of persons		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assessment=Experiencer
3	is	present	concerning	which statement not said here	with this lesson; consistent property	tree rules
4	assess			persons		nom assessment «cognition 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

Such persons are incapable of any form of self-assessment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 persons	amod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 incapable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 incapable	cop
4	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 form	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 form	det
7	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 assessment	case
9	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 assessment	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 self	punct
11	assessment	assessment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such persons					of any form of self assessment; incapable property	tree rules
2	form			self assessment					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such persons frequently overestimate their own ability

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 persons	amod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 overestimate	nsubj
3	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	4 overestimate	advmod
4	overestimate	overestimate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 ability	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ability	amod
7	ability	ability	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 overestimate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overestimate	present	Such persons	persons's own ability				frequently property	vn estimate-34.2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent ability=Value

Option 3

Such persons invariably assess their ability with perfect accuracy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 persons	amod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 assess	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 assess	advmod
4	assess	assess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ability	nmod:poss
6	ability	ability	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assess	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 accuracy	case
8	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 accuracy	amod
9	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assess	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assess	present	Such persons	persons's ability				with perfect accuracy; invariably property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ability=Theme

Option 4

Such persons invariably underestimate their ability by a great margin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 persons	amod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 underestimate	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 underestimate	advmod
4	underestimate	underestimate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ability	nmod:poss
6	ability	ability	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 underestimate	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 margin	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 margin	det
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 margin	amod
10	margin	margin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 underestimate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	underestimate	present	Such persons	persons's ability				by a great margin; invariably property	vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent ability=Theme

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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