Exam question 3 · Check the claim, not the person
It is given that a pupil who advocates recycling at school does not recycle at home. Select the response consistent with sound reasoning.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, advocate, recycle, not recycle, select · To what, where: It, school, home, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» 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 a pupil who advocates recycling at school does not recycle at home.
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 | _ | 14 recycle | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 recycle | nsubj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 advocates | nsubj |
| 8 | advocates | advocate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pupil | acl:relcl |
| 9 | recycling | recycle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 advocates | xcomp |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 school | case |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 recycling | obl |
| 12 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 recycle | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 recycle | advmod |
| 14 | recycle | recycle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 given | advcl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 home | case |
| 16 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 recycle | obl |
| 17 | . | . | 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 | advocate | present | a pupil | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | recycle | gerund | a pupil not said here | school | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not recycle | present · do-support | a pupil | home | 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: Select the response consistent with sound reasoning.
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 | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 reasoning | case |
| 6 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reasoning | compound |
| 7 | reasoning | reasoning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The pupil is thereby prohibited from making proposals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 prohibited | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 4 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 5 prohibited | advmod |
| 5 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 7 making | mark |
| 7 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 prohibited | advcl |
| 8 | proposals | proposal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 making | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prohibit | present · passive | the pupil | thereby property | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | gerund | proposals | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset proposal=Product |
Option 2
The proposal is thereby shown to be without merit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 proposal | det |
| 2 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shown | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shown | aux:pass |
| 4 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 5 shown | advmod |
| 5 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 merit | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 merit | cop |
| 8 | without | without | ADP | _ | 9 merit | case |
| 9 | merit | merit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shown | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · passive | the proposal | thereby property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | without merit | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The merit of the proposal must be judged independently of the pupil's conduct
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 merit | det |
| 2 | merit | merit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 judged | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 proposal | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 proposal | det |
| 5 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 merit | nmod |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 judged | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 judged | aux:pass |
| 8 | judged | judge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | independently | independently | ADV | _ | 8 judged | advmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 conduct | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 pupil | det |
| 12 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 pupil | case |
| 14 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 judged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | judge | must · passive | the merit of the proposal | of the pupil's conduct; independently property | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Attribute of conduct=Theme | ||||
| 2 | conduct | the pupil | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
The proposal is thereby shown to be meritorious
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 proposal | det |
| 2 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shown | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shown | aux:pass |
| 4 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 5 shown | advmod |
| 5 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 meritorious | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 meritorious | cop |
| 8 | meritorious | meritorious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 shown | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · passive | the proposal | thereby property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | meritorious property | tree rules |
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