Exam question 4 · Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the noun "pAlets".

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, noun

This is exam question 4 of lesson 20 «Head, hands, feet and the rest of the body» 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 noun	det
11	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 pAlets	punct
13	pAlets	palet	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 noun	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 pAlets	punct
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 noun		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus noun=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 designates the knee

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 designates	nsubj
2	designates	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knee	det
4	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	It	the knee					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knee=Theme

Option 2

It designates the palm of the hand

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 designates	nsubj
2	designates	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 palm	det
4	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hand	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hand	det
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 palm	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	It	the palm of the hand					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palm=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It designates either a finger or a toe

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 designates	nsubj
2	designates	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	either	either	CCONJ	_	5 finger	cc:preconj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 finger	det
5	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 toe	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 toe	det
8	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finger	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	It	a finger or a toe					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme

Option 4

It designates a finger exclusively

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 designates	nsubj
2	designates	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 finger	det
4	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 designates	obj
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 designates	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	present	It	a finger				exclusively property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme

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