Exam question 1 · Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"
It is given that the present date is 20 November. Determine the number of nights remaining until 25 December.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: present date, you, nights · What happens: give, be, determine, remain · To what, where: It, 20, number
This is exam question 1 of lesson 114 «Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that the present date is 20 November.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 20 | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 date | det |
| 6 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 date | compound |
| 7 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 20 | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 20 | cop |
| 9 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 given | obl |
| 10 | November | November | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 20 | nmod:unmarked |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the present date | 20 | november | 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.
Sentence 2: Determine the number of nights remaining until 25 December.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 number | det |
| 3 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 nights | case |
| 5 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 number | nmod |
| 6 | remaining | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 nights | acl |
| 7 | until | until | ADP | _ | 8 25 | case |
| 8 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 remaining | obl |
| 9 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 25 | nmod:unmarked |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the number of nights | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | ||||
| 2 | remain | gerund | nights not said here | until 25 December | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Thirty-five
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 five | punct |
| 3 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Thirty | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Five
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Twenty-five
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Twenty | punct |
| 3 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Twenty | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Forty-five
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 five | punct |
| 3 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Forty | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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