Exam question 2 · Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day

Ascertain the meaning of the notation "+1" appended to an arrival time upon a long-distance timetable.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, meaning · What happens: ascertain, append · To what, where: meaning

This is exam question 2 of lesson 104 «Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day» of the world 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 notation	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 notation	det
6	notation	notation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appended	obl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 +1	punct
8	+1	+1	NUM	ExtPos=PROPN NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 notation	appos
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 notation	punct
10	appended	append	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 meaning	acl:relcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 time	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 time	det
13	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 time	compound
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appended	obl
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 timetable	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 timetable	det
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 distance	amod
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 long	punct
19	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 timetable	compound
20	timetable	timetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 time	nmod
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	the meaning					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	append	past	the meaning not said here				time	of the notation	tree rules

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

Arrival takes place one hour later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hour	nummod
5	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 takes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Arrival	place			hour	late property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

Option 2

The fare is increased by one unit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fare	det
2	fare	fare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 increased	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 increased	aux:pass
4	increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 unit	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 unit	nummod
7	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 increased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present · passive	one unit	the fare					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Arrival takes place on the following day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 day	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
6	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Arrival	place			day		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
2	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

One additional stop is made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 stop	nummod
2	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stop	amod
3	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		One additional stop					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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