Exam question 2 · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

Determine the most appropriate initial course of action upon discovering that a device fails to charge.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, device · What happens: determine, discover, fail, not charge · To what, where: appropriate initial course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 course	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 course	amod
5	initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 course	amod
6	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 action	case
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 course	nmod
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 discovering	mark
10	discovering	discover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Determine	advcl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 fails	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 device	det
13	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fails	nsubj
14	fails	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 discovering	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 charge	mark
16	charge	charge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 fails	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate initial course of action	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	discover	gerund	you not said here		vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	fail	present	a device		vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	not charge	to-infinitive	a device not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Interrogation of all members of the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Interrogation	interrogation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 members	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 members	det
4	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Interrogation	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 household	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 household	det
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interrogate			all members of the household					nom interrogation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Immediate accusation of the person who last used it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 accusation	amod
2	accusation	accusation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 person	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accusation	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 last	nsubj
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	acl:relcl
8	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 used	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Immediate accusation of the person	person					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	accuse			the person					nom accusation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Verification of the simplest causes, such as whether the socket is switched on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 causes	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 causes	det
4	simplest	simple	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 causes	amod
5	causes	cause	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Verification	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 switched	punct
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	13 switched	mark
8	as	as	ADP	_	7 such	fixed
9	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	13 switched	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 socket	det
11	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 switched	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 switched	aux:pass
13	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Verification	acl
14	on	on	ADP	_	13 switched	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch on	present · passive		the socket					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	verify			the simplest causes					nom verification «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Purchase of a replacement charger without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 charger	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 charger	det
4	replacement	replacement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 charger	compound
5	charger	charger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Purchase	nmod
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 delay	case
7	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase			a replacement charger				without delay	nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl

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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