Exam question 4 · How long since? Counting back

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the term "fortnight".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, term

This is exam question 4 of lesson 108 «How long since? Counting back» 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 term	det
13	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 fortnight	punct
15	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 term	appos
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 fortnight	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the term		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus term=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 denotes a period of forty nights

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 period	det
4	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 nights	case
6	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 nights	nummod
7	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 period	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes a period of two weeks

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 period	det
4	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 weeks	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 weeks	nummod
7	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 period	nmod

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

Option 3

It denotes a period of four nights

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 period	det
4	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 nights	case
6	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 nights	nummod
7	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 period	nmod

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

Option 4

It denotes a period of two months

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 period	det
4	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 months	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 months	nummod
7	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 period	nmod

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

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