Exam question 4 · Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and dead…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the term "procrastination".

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 129 «Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines» 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	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 procrastination	punct
13	procrastination	procrastination	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 term	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 procrastination	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 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

The division of a task among several different persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 division	det
2	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 task	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 task	det
5	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 division	nmod
6	among	among	ADP	_	9 persons	case
7	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 persons	amod
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 persons	amod
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 division	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The completion of a task well before its deadline

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 completion	det
2	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 task	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 task	det
5	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completion	nmod
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 deadline	advmod
7	before	before	ADP	_	9 deadline	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 deadline	nmod:poss
9	deadline	deadline	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete			a task			before task's deadline		nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient before=obl

Option 3

The measurement of time by means of a water clock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 measurement	det
2	measurement	measurement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 time	case
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 measurement	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 means	case
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 clock	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 clock	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 clock	compound
10	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the measurement of time					of a water clock	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	measure			time					nom measurement «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The putting off of a task until a later time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 putting	det
2	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 putting	compound:prt
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 task	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 task	det
6	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 putting	obl
7	until	until	ADP	_	10 time	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 putting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put off	gerund					time	of a task	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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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