Exam question 2 · Marks, exercise books, tests and holidays

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the term "spysAty" as employed among schoolchildren.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, employ · To what, where: response, term

This is exam question 2 of lesson 17 «Marks, exercise books, tests and holidays» of the Ukrainian street 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 term	det
11	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 spysAty	punct
13	spysAty	spysaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 term	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 spysAty	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 employed	mark
16	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 concerning	advcl
17	among	among	ADP	_	18 schoolchildren	case
18	schoolchildren	schoolchild	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 employed	obl
19	.	.	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 term		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus term=Experiencer
4	employ	participle	the established facts not said here		among schoolchildren	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 denotes the borrowing of a writing implement

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 borrowing	det
4	borrowing	borrowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 implement	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 implement	det
7	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 implement	compound
8	implement	implement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 borrowing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the borrowing of a writing implement					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot borrowing=Topic

Option 2

It denotes the ringing of the school bell

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ringing	det
4	ringing	ringing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 bell	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bell	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bell	compound
8	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ringing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the ringing of the school bell					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ringing=Topic
2	ring			the school bell					nom ringing «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It denotes the completion of homework

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 completion	det
4	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 homework	case
6	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 completion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the completion of homework					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot completion=Topic
2	complete			homework					nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes the copying of another pupil's answers, which constitutes cheating

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 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 copying	det
4	copying	copying	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 answers	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 answers	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 pupil	case
9	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 copying	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 constitutes	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 constitutes	nsubj
12	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 copying	acl:relcl
13	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the copying of another pupil's answers	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot copying=Topic
2	constitute	present	the copying of another pupil's answers	cheating	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cheating=Pivot
3	copy			another pupil's answers	nom copying «act transitive»: of=patient
4	answer		another pupil		nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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