Exam question 2 · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard…

Ascertain which procedure most reliably reveals whether a rule is applied impartially.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, apply · To what, where: procedure, rule

This is exam question 2 of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 procedure	det
3	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 reliably	advmod
5	reliably	reliably	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reveals	amod
6	reveals	reveal	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obj
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	11 applied	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rule	det
9	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 applied	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 applied	aux:pass
11	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	advcl
12	impartially	impartially	ADV	_	11 applied	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	which procedure					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Precondition procedure=Beneficiary reveal=Theme
2	apply	present · passive		a rule				impartially property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer

Substitution of the names of the persons concerned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Substitution	substitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 names	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 names	det
4	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Substitution	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 persons	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 persons	det
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 names	nmod
8	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 persons	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	substitute		the names of the persons						nom substitution «event intransitive»: of=agent
2	name			the persons					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Repetition of the rule on a daily basis

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 rule	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rule	det
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repetition	nmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 basis	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 basis	det
7	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 basis	amod
8	basis	basis	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rule	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat		the rule on a daily basis						nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Enquiry into the age of the rule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	4 age	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 age	det
4	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Enquiry	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 rule	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rule	det
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 age	nmod

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

Option 4

Measurement of the volume at which the rule is stated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Measurement	measurement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 volume	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 volume	det
4	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measurement	nmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 stated	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rule	det
8	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stated	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stated	aux:pass
10	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 volume	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present · passive		the rule		the volume			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	measure			the volume					nom measurement «act transitive»: of=patient

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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