Exam question 1 · Pencils, paper and school things

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the core of a pencil.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, core

This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» of the technology 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	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	1 Select	xcomp
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	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 core	det
11	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 pencil	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pencil	det
14	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 core	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the core of a pencil		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus core=Experiencer

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

It consists of compressed charcoal from cedar trees

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 charcoal	case
4	compressed	compress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 charcoal	amod
5	charcoal	charcoal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 trees	case
7	cedar	cedar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trees	compound
8	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It			cedar trees		of compressed charcoal	tree rules
2	compress	participle							vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It consists of metallic lead and is poisonous

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 lead	case
4	metallic	metallic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lead	amod
5	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 poisonous	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 poisonous	cop
8	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 consists	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of metallic lead	tree rules
2	is	present						poisonous property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It consists of graphite combined with clay and contains no metallic lead

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 graphite	case
4	graphite	graphite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
5	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 graphite	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 clay	case
7	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 combined	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 contains	cc
9	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 consists	conj
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 lead	det
11	metallic	metallic	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lead	compound
12	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 contains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It		of graphite	tree rules
2	combine	participle		graphite not said here	with clay	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with clay=Co-Patient
3	contain	present		no metallic lead		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot lead=Theme

Option 4

It consists of solidified ink

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 ink	case
4	solidified	solidify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ink	amod
5	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of solidified ink	tree rules
2	solidify	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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